A wavpack security update has been released for Slackware Linux 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue.

slackware-security: wavpack (SSA:2021-014-01)

[slackware-security] wavpack (SSA:2021-014-01)

New wavpack packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current
to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/wavpack-5.4.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
WavPack 5.4.0 fixes an issue where a specially crafted WAV file could cause
the wavpack command-line program to crash with an out-of-bounds write.
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-35738
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(  http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on   http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/wavpack-5.4.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/wavpack-5.4.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/wavpack-5.4.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/wavpack-5.4.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
73c81f2d86dd3acf4001c95dc7dd607f wavpack-5.4.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
7b60938f01773f7ea26fd40fa262bf17 wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
0e7b8692c7e9765140274106f72fbd5b wavpack-5.4.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
a15c97a0e1c6bfc0fd98ca33dc748852 wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
aad8f058446a66757fb991822e1091b5 wavpack-5.4.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
13c77241fa0efad104edfe146def62d6 wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
488cad848a0fed25c42b88996707d46b l/wavpack-5.4.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0b67b6cd4b48dad135fb40501f0c75f1 l/wavpack-5.4.0-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wavpack-5.4.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz