Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PulseAudio vulnerability (USN-4519-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4519-1 advisory. Ratchanan Srirattanamet discovered that an Ubuntu-specific patch caused PulseAudio to incorrectly handle memory under certain error conditions in the Bluez 5...

USN-4519-1: PulseAudio vulnerability

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

Potential double free in Bluez 5 module of PulseAudio could allow a local attacker to leak memory or crash the program. The modargs variable may be freed twice in the fail condition in src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c and src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c. Fixed in...