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Debian DSA-4197-1 Moderate: Wavpack Denial Of Service Risks

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Calendar Grey May 9, 2018
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Various wavpack vulnerabilities addressed to avert potential denial of service and execution risks stemming from improperly formatted files.
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the wavpack audio codec which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed media files are processe...

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the wavpack audio codec which
could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if
malformed media files are processed.

The oldstable distribution (jessie) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 5.0.0-2+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your wavpack packages.

For the detailed security status of wavpack please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wavpack

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: wavpack
CVE ID: CVE-2018-10536 CVE-2018-10537 CVE-2018-10538 CVE-2018-10539

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