Security Advisory sox security update

Advisory: RHSA-2004:409-05
Type: Security Advisory
Severity: Important
Issued on: 2004-07-29
Last updated on: 2004-07-29
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2004-0557

Details

Updated sox packages that fix buffer overflows in the WAV file handling
code are now available.

SoX (Sound eXchange) is a sound file format converter. SoX can convert
between many different digitized sound formats and perform simple sound
manipulation functions, including sound effects.

Buffer overflows existed in the parsing of WAV file header fields. It was
possible that a malicious WAV file could have caused arbitrary code to be
executed when the file was played or converted. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0557
to these issues.

All users of sox should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues as well as fix a number of minor bugs.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm     40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f
 
IA-32:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132
 
x86_64:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm     40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f
 
IA-32:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132
 
IA-64:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm     aa0496e8d807e5cf8ea0c5ac76ba3025
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm     88782db6550e912d50d1b2642d1629b1
 
PPC:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.ppc.rpm     471a46afca8a9713f349b11a3b311efb
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ppc.rpm     143aeb239b70b7f0ced2ce83f50925de
 
s390:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.s390.rpm     fbf191cefb2ff1ceffc7eed7de147938
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.s390.rpm     5efc226a4128821c1218719e4a97f976
 
s390x:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.s390x.rpm     193e592c520af65afb0a0b45f597c9f9
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.s390x.rpm     0ec54d5b4d5944313f719b2fcdb33fb4
 
x86_64:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm     40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f
 
IA-32:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132
 
IA-64:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm     aa0496e8d807e5cf8ea0c5ac76ba3025
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm     88782db6550e912d50d1b2642d1629b1
 
x86_64:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm     40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f
 
IA-32:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm     280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132
 
IA-64:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm     aa0496e8d807e5cf8ea0c5ac76ba3025
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm     88782db6550e912d50d1b2642d1629b1
 
x86_64:
sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8
sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm     f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

102499 - sox RPM does not install soxmix
127502 - -r option dumps core on x86_64
79151 - largefile support missing
91144 - SoX's soxplay doesn't except paths containg spaces


References


Keywords

sox, wav


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