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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RHSA-2022-7979-01 Low: Speex Security Fix

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Minor security patch released for speex in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, tackling an important vulnerability.
An update for speex is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates.
Security Fix(es):
* speex: divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file (CVE-2020-23903)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low impact speex

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-23903 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source: speex-1.2.0-11.el9.src.rpm
aarch64: speex-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm speex-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm speex-debugsource-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm speex-tools-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: speex-1.2.0-11.el9.ppc64le.rpm speex-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.ppc64le.rpm speex-debugsource-1.2.0-11.el9.ppc64le.rpm speex-tools-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: speex-1.2.0-11.el9.s390x.rpm speex-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.s390x.rpm speex-debugsource-1.2.0-11.el9.s390x.rpm speex-tools-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: speex-1.2.0-11.el9.i686.rpm speex-1.2.0-11.el9.x86_64.rpm speex-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.i686.rpm speex-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.x86_64.rpm speex-debugsource-1.2.0-11.el9.i686.rpm speex-debugsource-1.2.0-11.el9.x86_64.rpm speex-tools-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.i686.rpm speex-tools-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9):
aarch64: speex-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm speex-debugsource-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm speex-devel-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm speex-tools-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: speex-debuginfo-1.2.0-11.el9.ppc64le.rpm speex-debugsource-1.2.0-11.el9.ppc64le.rpm speex-devel-1.2.0-11.el9.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:7979-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7979
Issue date: 2022-11-15

Topic

An update for speex is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux low impact speex

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2024250 - CVE-2020-23903 speex: divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file

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