USN-3839-1: WavPack vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

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)

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

• libwavpack1 - 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2
• wavpack - 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04

• libwavpack1 - 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2
• wavpack - 4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• 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

• CVE-2018-19840
• CVE-2018-19841