USN-3568-1: WavPack vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3568-1
12th February, 2018
wavpack vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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
Hanno Böck discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain
WV files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu
16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10169)
Joonun Jang discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain
RF64 files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-6767)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
-
libwavpack1
5.1.0-2ubuntu0.1
-
wavpack
5.1.0-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libwavpack1
4.75.2-2ubuntu0.1
-
wavpack
4.75.2-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libwavpack1
4.70.0-1ubuntu0.1
-
wavpack
4.70.0-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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