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Red Hat: 2004:409-01 Severe: sox Buffer Overflow in WAV File Handling

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Calendar Grey July 30, 2004
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The Blue Shield Security Bulletin regarding libjpeg outlines issues tied to memory leaks in the handling of JPEG images and includes a corrective update.
A malicious WAV file could cause arbitrary code to be executed when the file was played or converted.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ for more info):

127502 - -r option dumps core on x86_64 102499 - sox RPM does not install soxmix 91144 - SoX's soxplay doesn't except paths containg spaces 79151 - largefile support missing

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:

SRPMS:

40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm

i386: 215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm 280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: aa0496e8d807e5cf8ea0c5ac76ba3025 sox-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm 88782db6550e912d50d1b2642d1629b1 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm

ppc: 471a46afca8a9713f349b11a3b311efb sox-12.17.4-4.3.ppc.rpm 143aeb239b70b7f0ced2ce83f50925de sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ppc.rpm

s390: fbf191cefb2ff1ceffc7eed7de147938 sox-12.17.4-4.3.s390.rpm 5efc226a4128821c1218719e4a97f976 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.s390.rpm

s390x: 193e592c520af65afb0a0b45f597c9f9 sox-12.17.4-4.3.s390x.rpm 0ec54d5b4d5944313f719b2fcdb33fb4 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8 sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 3:

SRPMS:

40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm

i386: 215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm 280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm

x86_64: 92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8 sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:

SRPMS:

40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm

i386: 215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm 280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: aa0496e8d807e5cf8ea0c5ac76ba3025 sox-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm 88782db6550e912d50d1b2642d1629b1 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8 sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:

SRPMS:

40158df8997fc3fcf257ce0f4948650f sox-12.17.4-4.3.src.rpm

i386: 215224365c08b10de94dd2107fa96ace sox-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm 280a1993478f352ff7edfa0eaef55132 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: aa0496e8d807e5cf8ea0c5ac76ba3025 sox-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm 88782db6550e912d50d1b2642d1629b1 sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 92e357895cdfc4311c63812b580ef2c8 sox-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm f49830a9982ff56d7f1afa446348559b sox-devel-12.17.4-4.3.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2004:409-01
Issue date: 2004-07-29
Updated on: 2004-07-29
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: sox wav

Topic

Updated sox packages that fix buffer overflows in the WAV file handlingcode are now available.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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