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CentOS 4 / 5 : speex (CESA-2008:0235)
high Nessus Plugin ID 32000
Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
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
Update the affected speex packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b22ca94f
http://www.nessus.org/u?dc4cc560
http://www.nessus.org/u?97b7746e
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 32000
File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0235.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 4/22/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:speex-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:speex
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1686
BID: 28665