========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3568-1 February 12, 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 BAPck 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 versions: 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 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3568-1 CVE-2016-10169, CVE-2018-6767 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/4.75.2-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/4.70.0-1ubuntu0.1