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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5721-1 Moderate: WavPack Crash Issue

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Calendar Grey November 10, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A security flaw in WavPack for Ubuntu may lead to system instability upon accessing specially crafted audio files, potentially triggering a denial of service scenario.
WavPack could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

WavPack could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- wavpack: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoder

Details:

It was discovered that WavPack was not properly performing checks

when dealing with memory. If a user were tricked into decompressing a

specially crafted WavPack Audio File, an attacker could possibly use

this issue to cause the WavPack decompressor to crash, resulting in a

denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu wavpack

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libwavpack1                     4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
   wavpack                         4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5721-1

  CVE-2022-2476

November 10, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service ubuntu wavpack

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