From secure@conectiva.com.br Wed Aug 4 20:29:53 2004 From: Conectiva Updates To: conectiva-updates@perninha.conectiva.com.br, lwn@lwn.net, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com, linsec@lists.seifried.org Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:20:49 -0300 Subject: [CLA-2004:855] Conectiva Security Announcement - sox -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : sox SUMMARY : Buffer overflow vulnerability DATE : 2004-07-30 16:39:00 ID : CLA-2004:855 RELEVANT RELEASES : 8, 9, 10 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION SoX[1] is a general purpose sound file conversion tool. Ulf Härnhammar found two buffer overflow vulnerabilities[2] in SoX. They occurred when the sox or play commands handled malicious .WAV files. SOLUTION It is recommended that all SoX users upgrade their packages. REFERENCES 1.http://sox.sourceforge.net/ 2.http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0557 UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/10/SRPMS/sox-12.17.3-29251U10_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/10/RPMS/sox-12.17.3-29251U10_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/10/10/RPMS/sox-devel-12.17.3-29251U10_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/8/SRPMS/sox-12.17.3-10818U80_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/8/RPMS/sox-12.17.3-10818U80_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/8/RPMS/sox-devel-12.17.3-10818U80_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/9/SRPMS/sox-12.17.3-21828U90_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/9/RPMS/sox-12.17.3-21828U90_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/9/9/RPMS/sox-devel-12.17.3-21828U90_1cl.i386.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades: - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribe@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFBCq2g42jd0JmAcZARAhJ5AJ0ei4j4GV4MNoURcacrq60pawc+gACeLYe6 b/d71IguE44MyN7h5vUpuRg= =T5RS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----