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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-23 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: SoX: Multiple buffer overflows |
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Date: July 30, 2004 |
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Bugs: #58733 |
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ID: 200407-23 |
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Synopsis |
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SoX contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the WAV header |
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parser code. |
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Background |
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SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of |
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computer audio files in to other formats. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 media-sound/sox <= 12.17.4-r1 >= 12.17.4-r2 |
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Description |
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Ulf Harnhammar discovered two buffer overflows in the sox and play |
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commands when handling WAV files with specially crafted header fields. |
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Impact |
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By enticing a user to play or convert a specially crafted WAV file an |
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attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user |
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running SoX. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to |
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upgrade to the latest available version of SoX. |
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Resolution |
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All SoX users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=media-sound/sox-12.17.4-r2" |
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# emerge ">=media-sound/sox-12.17.4-r2" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Full Disclosure Announcement |
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1141.html |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200407-23.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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