DSA-4197-1 wavpack -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4197-1 wavpack -- security update

Date Reported:

09 May 2018

Affected Packages:

wavpack

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-10536, CVE-2018-10537, CVE-2018-10538, CVE-2018-10539, CVE-2018-10540.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the wavpack audio codec which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed media files are processed.

The oldstable distribution (jessie) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 5.0.0-2+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your wavpack packages.

For the detailed security status of wavpack please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wavpack