SECURITY

USN-3839-1: WavPack vulnerabilities wavpack vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 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) 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 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update [ more… ]

USN-3838-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities libraw vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary LibRaw could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description libraw – raw image decoder library Details It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libraw16 – 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libraw15 – 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS libraw9 – 0.15.4-1ubuntu0.3 To update your system, please follow [ more… ]