1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3839-1

USN-3839-1: WavPack vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 December 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in WavPack.

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.10 cosmic libwavpack1 –  5.1.0-4ubuntu0.1
wavpack –  5.1.0-4ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic libwavpack1 –  5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2
wavpack –  5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2
16.04 xenial libwavpack1 –  4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2
wavpack –  4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2
14.04 trusty libwavpack1 –  4.70.0-1ubuntu0.2
wavpack –  4.70.0-1ubuntu0.2

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