A wavpack security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

slackware-security: wavpack (SSA:2022-191-01)

[slackware-security] wavpack (SSA:2022-191-01)

New wavpack packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/wavpack-5.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
WavPack 5.5.0 contains a fix for CVE-2021-44269 wherein encoding a specially
crafted DSD file causes an out-of-bounds read exception.
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44269
(* 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-5.5.0-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-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/wavpack-5.5.0-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-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/wavpack-5.5.0-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-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/wavpack-5.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/wavpack-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/wavpack-5.5.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/wavpack-5.5.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
4d97f44a0f99ca2ddd53cc8864dd6dab wavpack-5.5.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
9fbe9d56ff27767fe8b494fe96434313 wavpack-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
3cf2d5d1156fb59366076d7cc3262c4d wavpack-5.5.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
ee37ca7a495d98192f0aba082ad03745 wavpack-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
157ad3932d09a4a5b2bba92cfb5b370d wavpack-5.5.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
cb626c3d1df0fb746ded5817c0ac3831 wavpack-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
d831c02fbc3c75841fbfd80e4220274c wavpack-5.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
45c10ceb6b182d3d22eef4b21f8acf5d wavpack-5.5.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
0d5a9b71ac42b2d13975725242fd1cca l/wavpack-5.5.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a4437aa0e2d2aa17f09beed447082675 l/wavpack-5.5.0-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wavpack-5.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz