wawpack: Infinite loop in WavpackPackInit function lead to DoS
Published Dec 4, 2018
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.30%
Description
The function WavpackPackInit in pack_utils.c in libwavpack.a in WavPack through 5.1.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service (resource exhaustion caused by an infinite loop) via a crafted wav audio file because WavpackSetConfiguration64 mishandles a sample rate of zero.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
Configuration 3
- 28
- 29
- 30
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
wavpack-0:5.1.0-15.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1581
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
wavpack
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
wavpack
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
mingw-wavpack
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | wavpack-0:5.1.0-15.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1581 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | wavpack | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | wavpack | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | mingw-wavpack | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of wavpack as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Low, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
References (18)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00029.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155743/Slackware-Security-Advisory-wavpack-Updates.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19840 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1661448 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-11515 Advisory
- https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/commit/070ef6f138956d9ea9612e69586152339dbefe51 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFFFWIWALGQPKINRDW3PRGRD5LOLGZA/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRWQNE3TH5UF64IKHKKHVCHJHUOVKJUH/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZGXJUHCGQI6XKLCBUZHXPYIIWMFWA22/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WVVKOBJR5APOB3KWUWJ4UWQHUBZQL6C6/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19840
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/37 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-19 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3839-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19840
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