[CLA-2004:855] Conectiva Security Announcement - sox
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:20:49 -0300
From: Conectiva Updates <secure@conectiva.com.br>
To: conectiva-updates@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br, lwn@lwn.net,
Subject: [CLA-2004:855] Conectiva Security Announcement - sox
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : sox
SUMMARY : Buffer overflow vulnerability
DATE : 2004-07-30 16:39:00
ID : CLA-2004:855
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 8, 9, 10
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DESCRIPTION
SoX[1] is a general purpose sound file conversion tool.
Ulf HДrnhammar 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
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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
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com
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