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Debian DSA-1585-1 : speex - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 32407

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that speex, the Speex codec command line tools, did not correctly deal with negative offsets in a particular header field.
This could allow a malicious file to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the speex package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.12-3etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1585

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 32407

File Name: debian_DSA-1585.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:speex, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1686

CWE: 189

DSA: 1585