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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3839-1
December 06, 2018
wavpack vulnerabilities
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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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3839-1
CVE-2018-19840, CVE-2018-19841
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2
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