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Fedora 25: Security Advisory for Mingw-Wavpack Update 5.1.0 Critical Fix

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2017
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New release for mingw-wavpack 5.1.0 on Fedora 25 rectifies several security vulnerabilities and boosts overall efficiency.
Update wavpack to 5.1.0

Summary

WavPack is a completely open audio compression format providing lossless,

high-quality lossy, and a unique hybrid compression mode. Although the

technology is loosely based on previous versions of WavPack, the new

version 4 format has been designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled

performance and functionality.

Update Information:

Update wavpack to 5.1.0

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security advisory update Fedora fix performance audio codec wavpack

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1417863 - CVE-2016-10169 CVE-2016-10170 CVE-2016-10171 CVE-2016-10172 mingw-wavpack: various flaws [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417863 [ 2 ] Bug #1420680 - Update to 5.1.0 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420680

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade mingw-wavpack' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: mingw-wavpack
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 5.1.0
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://www.wavpack.com/
Summary: Completely open audiocodec

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security advisory update Fedora fix performance audio codec wavpack

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