Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 640
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 640

Ubuntu 18.10: 3839-1 Moderate: WavPack Denial Of Service Threat

ubuntu
Calendar Grey December 6, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
Several security issues were fixed in WavPack.

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)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu moderate threat WavPack

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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3839-1

  CVE-2018-19840, CVE-2018-19841

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

December 06, 2018

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu moderate threat WavPack

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
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/4.70.0-1ubuntu0.2

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here