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.