wavpack vulnerabilities

16 July 2019

wavpack vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary

WavPack could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted WAV file.

Software Description

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

Details

Rohan Padhye discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain WAV files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-1010315, CVE-2019-1010317, CVE-2019-1010318, CVE-2019-1010319)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04

libwavpack1 - 5.1.0-5ubuntu0.2

wavpack - 5.1.0-5ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libwavpack1 - 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.4

wavpack - 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.4

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.

References

• CVE-2019-1010315
• CVE-2019-1010317
• CVE-2019-1010318
• CVE-2019-1010319