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Red Hat: CVE-2018-19840: CVE-2018-19840 wawpack: Infinite loop in WavpackPackInit function lead to DoS (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-19840: CVE-2018-19840 wawpack: Infinite loop in WavpackPackInit function lead to DoS (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/04/2018
Created
05/01/2020
Added
04/29/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-wavpack
  • redhat-upgrade-wavpack-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-wavpack-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-wavpack-devel

References

  • CVE-2018-19840
  • RHSA-2020:1581

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