Tuesday, July 16, 2019

[USN-4062-1] WavPack vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4062-1
July 16, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

WavPack could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted WAV file.

Software Description:
- wavpack: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoder

Details:

Rohan Padhye discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain WAV files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-1010315, CVE-2019-1010317, CVE-2019-1010318, CVE-2019-1010319)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
libwavpack1 5.1.0-5ubuntu0.2
wavpack 5.1.0-5ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libwavpack1 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.4
wavpack 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.4

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4062-1
CVE-2019-1010315, CVE-2019-1010317, CVE-2019-1010318, CVE-2019-1010319

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-5ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-2ubuntu1.4

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