SB2018022109 - Ubuntu update for WavPack
Published: February 21, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022109
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7253)
The vulnerability allows a remote unautheticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the cli/dsdiff.c source codein the ParseDsdiffHeaderConfig function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DSDIFF file, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7254)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the cli/caff.c source codein the ParseCaffHeaderConfig function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted CAF file, trigger a buffer overflow or incorrect memory allocation and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.