INFORMATION BULLETIN

S-272: Speex Security Update

[Red Hat RHSA-2008:0235-4]

April 25, 2008 12:00 GMT
[REVISED 29 May 2008]


PROBLEM:	The Speex library was found to not properly validate input values read from the Speex files headers, which could allow arbitrary code execution.
PLATFORM:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE:	DoS or execute arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:	Upgrade to the appropriate version.

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT:	The risk is MEDIUM. An attacker could create a malicious Speex file that would crash an application or, possibly, allow arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the application calling the Speex library.

CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: TEMPORAL SCORE: VECTOR:	7.5 6.2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)

LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN:	http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-272.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN:	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html
ADDITIONAL LINKS:	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1585 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1584
CVE:	CVE-2008-1686

REVISION HISTORY:
05/29/2008 - revised S-272 to add links to Debian Security Advisories DSA-1585-1 
             and DSA-1584-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch).



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Important: speex security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2008:0235-4
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Important
Issued on:	2008-04-16
Last updated on:	2008-04-16
Affected Products:	RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL:	com.redhat.rhsa-20080235.xml
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2008-1686

Details

Updated speex packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech.
The Speex package contains a library for handling Speex files and sample
encoder and decoder implementations using this library.

The Speex library was found to not properly validate input values read from
the Speex files headers. An attacker could create a malicious Speex file
that would crash an application or, possibly, allow arbitrary code
execution with the privileges of the application calling the Speex library.
(CVE-2008-1686)

All users of speex are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

IA-32:
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`de7b31841265dceb0194a29b43600a0f`

x86_64:
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`de7b31841265dceb0194a29b43600a0f`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm	`90598b4597e624b29b6447c5e03a4701`

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm	`0569bc09963ac90cc81ab477b94d5cdb`

IA-32:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a3af80221e3ed856efbb1b98860d5fc4`

x86_64:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`46daa064f7f708d20bffac8290fadf4c`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`2b80106aa0fb2a4a6d4dd239209aee71`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.src.rpm	`bf3661e73017a6b54e8b629e257ea028`

IA-32:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`2360abba1923b59b76939c513c98187c`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`de7b31841265dceb0194a29b43600a0f`

IA-64:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm	`b0113d1eeb3a07635ef0ad463c3a5ff9`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm	`2b4e8504cf2590b9d9b5724eb92bdde4`

PPC:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.ppc.rpm	`794d4c083965ea9b30c12768d12e9383`
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.ppc64.rpm	`b63a2763f9ded78014eea1ddbdfa2abe`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.ppc.rpm	`c0df12cad280c7d1984b4860ce34e2f8`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.ppc64.rpm	`b0fdf703a4c460389e243e24ac1efbab`

s390x:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.s390.rpm	`ca3d6fbfadb8c97bc77ccd6c05e0c76e`
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.s390x.rpm	`c9b763abb4d99260d1d179e8a3be6474`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.s390.rpm	`2398dab7f9fdfe54c24b2964c235a138`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.s390x.rpm	`31d521fa54360aaaa9e173d879e9b51e`

x86_64:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`2360abba1923b59b76939c513c98187c`
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm	`0af19186d828489ca323b05a6297c45b`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`de7b31841265dceb0194a29b43600a0f`
speex-devel-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm	`90598b4597e624b29b6447c5e03a4701`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm	`0569bc09963ac90cc81ab477b94d5cdb`

IA-32:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a3af80221e3ed856efbb1b98860d5fc4`

IA-64:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm	`f3d8b9563ec89805ecd34a7bec593f5a`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm	`7d7ca9dc6cf9163673aa967045fae396`

PPC:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm	`3eef98b41f28c83e0c7677a265d71f54`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ppc64.rpm	`9991a64d4c66902a1c1c33864cefd392`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm	`9ecf3fd30881497a7f225113233d0df9`

s390:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.s390.rpm	`baaa440346a67dcf9e0b4c7481f27aa6`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.s390.rpm	`57b3e8a3efb40736e70a3a92acd4b395`

s390x:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.s390.rpm	`baaa440346a67dcf9e0b4c7481f27aa6`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm	`303afbd764a015caa30b0eb22d3f77ed`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm	`56e2ab2e4ae5ec9edc9118dc71b0c397`

x86_64:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`46daa064f7f708d20bffac8290fadf4c`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`2b80106aa0fb2a4a6d4dd239209aee71`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.src.rpm	`bf3661e73017a6b54e8b629e257ea028`

IA-32:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`2360abba1923b59b76939c513c98187c`

x86_64:
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.i386.rpm	`2360abba1923b59b76939c513c98187c`
speex-1.0.5-4.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm	`0af19186d828489ca323b05a6297c45b`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm	`0569bc09963ac90cc81ab477b94d5cdb`

IA-32:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a3af80221e3ed856efbb1b98860d5fc4`

IA-64:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm	`f3d8b9563ec89805ecd34a7bec593f5a`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm	`7d7ca9dc6cf9163673aa967045fae396`

x86_64:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`46daa064f7f708d20bffac8290fadf4c`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`2b80106aa0fb2a4a6d4dd239209aee71`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.src.rpm	`0569bc09963ac90cc81ab477b94d5cdb`

IA-32:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a3af80221e3ed856efbb1b98860d5fc4`

IA-64:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm	`f3d8b9563ec89805ecd34a7bec593f5a`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm	`7d7ca9dc6cf9163673aa967045fae396`

x86_64:
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.i386.rpm	`a10e6dbaafc06c4041821ccd5b5f1a29`
speex-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`46daa064f7f708d20bffac8290fadf4c`
speex-devel-1.0.4-4.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm	`2b80106aa0fb2a4a6d4dd239209aee71`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

441239 - CVE-2008-1686 speex, libfishsound: insufficient boundary checks

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1686
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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