pulseaudio vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

PulseAudio could be made to crash or run programs as your login if
it received specially crafted input.

Software Description

* pulseaudio - PulseAudio sound server

Details

Ratchanan Srirattanamet discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch
caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle memory under certain error
conditions in the Bluez 5 module. An attacker could use this issue
to cause PulseAudio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-15710)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libpulse-mainloop-glib0 - 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14
libpulse0 - 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14
pulseaudio - 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14
pulseaudio-module-bluetooth - 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14
pulseaudio-utils - 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.14

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

* CVE-2020-15710

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