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