USN-3839-1: WavPack vulnerabilities

wavpack vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in WavPack.

Software Description

• wavpack - audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoder

Details

It was discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19840, CVE-2018-19841)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10

libwavpack1 - 5.1.0-4ubuntu0.1

wavpack - 5.1.0-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libwavpack1 - 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2

wavpack - 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libwavpack1 - 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2

wavpack - 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

libwavpack1 - 4.70.0-1ubuntu0.2

wavpack - 4.70.0-1ubuntu0.2

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-2018-19840
• CVE-2018-19841

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2Pn4sX6