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Ubuntu alert USN-3637-1 (wavpack)

From:  "Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-3637-1] WavPack vulnerabilities
Date:  Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:36:11 -0300
Message-ID:  <1525134971.7464.15.camel@canonical.com>

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3637-1 April 30, 2018 wavpack vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 17.10 Summary: Several security issues were fixed in WavPackXXX-APP-XXX. Software Description: - wavpack: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoder Details: Thuan Pham,  Marcel Böhme, Andrew Santosa and Alexandru Razvan Caciulescu discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain .wav files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10536, CVE-2018-10537) Thuan Pham,  Marcel Böhme, Andrew Santosa and Alexandru Razvan Caciulescu discovered that WavPack incorrectly handled certain .wav files. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10538, CVE-2018-10539, CVE-2018-10540) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   wavpack                         5.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 17.10:   wavpack                         5.1.0-2ubuntu0.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References:   https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3637-1   CVE-2018-10536, CVE-2018-10537, CVE-2018-10538, CVE-2018-10539,   CVE-2018-10540 Package Information:   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-2ubunt...   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wavpack/5.1.0-2ubunt...-- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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