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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5721-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 5721-1 - It was discovered that WavPack was not properly performing checks when dealing with memory. If a user were tricked into decompressing a specially crafted WavPack Audio File, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the WavPack decompressor to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5721-1November 10, 2022wavpack vulnerability==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 16.04 ESMSummary:WavPack could be made to crash if it opened a specially craftedfile.Software Description:- wavpack: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoderDetails:It was discovered that WavPack was not properly performing checkswhen dealing with memory. If a user were tricked into decompressing aspecially crafted WavPack Audio File, an attacker could possibly usethis issue to cause the WavPack decompressor to crash, resulting in adenial of service.Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:   libwavpack1                     4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1   wavpack                         4.75.2-2ubuntu0.2+esm1In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.References:   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5721-1   CVE-2022-2476

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CVE-2022-2476: Null pointer dereference at cli/wvunpack.c · Issue #121 · dbry/WavPack

A null pointer dereference bug was found in wavpack-5.4.0 The results from the ASAN log: AddressSanitizer:DEADLYSIGNAL ===================================================================84257==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x561b47a970c6 bp 0x7fff13952fb0 sp 0x7fff1394fca0 T0) ==84257==The signal is caused by a WRITE memory access. ==84257==Hint: address points to the zero page. #0 0x561b47a970c5 in main cli/wvunpack.c:834 #1 0x7efc4f5c0082 in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x24082) #2 0x561b47a945ed in _start (/usr/local/bin/wvunpack+0xa5ed) AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info. SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: SEGV cli/wvunpack.c:834 in main ==84257==ABORTING

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