Speex header buffer overflow

speex-header-bo (41684) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Speex, as used in multiple products, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing headers. By sending a specially-crafted request via a user controlled field in the header of a hosted stream, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the application to crash..

Platforms Affected:

  • Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
  • Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
  • Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
  • Canonical, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
  • Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
  • Gentoo, Linux
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
  • MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
  • Xine, xine-lib 1.1.11
  • Xine, xine-lib 1.1.11.1
  • Xiph.Org, Libfishsound 0.9.0

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of FishSound (0.9.1 or later), available from the Annodex Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Reported:

Apr 06, 2008

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