Input validation error in WavPack - CVE-2019-11498
Published: July 17, 2019
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the WavpackSetConfiguration64() function in the pack_utils.c file within the libwavpack.a. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted DFF file that lacks valid sample-rate data and crash the affected application.
Affected software
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Opensuse
Ubuntu
wavpack (Alpine package)
wavpack (Ubuntu package)
libwavpack1 (Ubuntu package)
mingw-wavpack
wavpack
wavpack (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11498
wavpack (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.3, 5.1.0-4ubuntu0.2, 5.1.0-5ubuntu0.1
libwavpack1 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.1.0-2ubuntu1.3, 5.1.0-4ubuntu0.2, 5.1.0-5ubuntu0.1
mingw-wavpack - addressed in versions 5.1.0-9.el7, 5.1.0-9.fc30, 5.1.0-9.fc31
wavpack - addressed in versions 5.1.0-13.fc28, 5.1.0-13.fc29, 5.1.0-13.fc30
wavpack (Red Hat package) - update to 5.1.0-15.el8
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in WavPack
- OpenSUSE Linux update for wavpack
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for wavpack
- Gentoo update for WavPack
- Input validation error in wavpack (Alpine package)
- Fedora 28 update for wavpack
- Fedora 30 update for wavpack
- Fedora 29 update for wavpack
- Fedora EPEL 7 update for mingw-wavpack
- Fedora 31 update for mingw-wavpack
- Fedora 30 update for mingw-wavpack
- Ubuntu update for wavpack