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It was discovered that libfishsound, a simple programming interface that wraps Xiph.Org audio codecs, didn't correctly handle negative values in a particular header field. This could allow malicious files to execute arbitrary code. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1584-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp May 21, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : libfishsound Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-1686 Debian Bug : 475152 It was discovered that libfishsound, a simple programming interface that wraps Xiph.Org audio codecs, didn't correctly handle negative values in a particular header field. This could allow malicious files to execute arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.0-2etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.0-2.2. We recommend that you upgrade your libfishsound package. Upgrade instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 426487 00ece8c9a0363b37957ce670bcf270d3 Size/MD5 checksum: 659 d72d4922c70c6bb10dff6ace5a814455 Size/MD5 checksum: 16054 c5842b27bd7a05ef9bd26e701dfc56dc alphaarchitecture (DEC Alpha) Size/MD5 checksum: 34582 9ef817deb3b892d9fa9f7fdc4a94e6a5 Size/MD5 checksum: 15304 eed92cc88865ae99cc768c0a7b33019c Size/MD5 checksum: 7740 57cd0eae0976b9d78be65d0aeba32a3e amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) Size/MD5 checksum: 30786 64fd312521a927ceb867f63e5f4734a5 Size/MD5 checksum: 7794 8fb36c5bdd40a8dc5c370802da6ec050 Size/MD5 checksum: 14334 a6845973bc2f61f4783710a5797e5484 arm architecture (ARM) Size/MD5 checksum: 29224 35d4c9d5a750ba8dd53ba6fd5bb248df Size/MD5 checksum: 12462 6693b054221d19c6da6c2069466ef7dc Size/MD5 checksum: 7882 560e18366ae1e15d5aef32855f0ab731 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) Size/MD5 checksum: 15162 68e6bc1466fcfa4d73edb3d760a9e5b8 Size/MD5 checksum: 7802 5922374807b136070b2f002ba716807f Size/MD5 checksum: 31662 3c9fbc584f7942ff0ea88dd27daebbfd i386 architecture (Intel ia32) Size/MD5 checksum: 29344 74a5b956c3dc3450f3da2ec91dcf2a34 Size/MD5 checksum: 13384 559730ed3949728fc0dcf77d19a05712 Size/MD5 checksum: 7614 c2b9b6a8343bda423068fa8965411bf6 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) Size/MD5 checksum: 7832 dfc5dbc81fb32225763581dbd7c04b9b Size/MD5 checksum: 18426 e0adf330dba7d6cc800de96e24897ccf Size/MD5 checksum: 35658 671ac1c23579b0274ee4d11837ceaea1 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 8192 d2f144651551538d9eb7364408000d93 Size/MD5 checksum: 13568 c21ca7014120fb083d014adbb0a4b33f Size/MD5 checksum: 31578 4da77e051c94377ace4e567f96f22b07 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) Size/MD5 checksum: 16532 7c41c702fd586b8eea66ecc57c742829 Size/MD5 checksum: 8742 948111077a371b6b79a6e176c8844a5b Size/MD5 checksum: 35456 2baa784478f106c5cf10b4eaf003db8e powerpc architecture (PowerPC) Size/MD5 checksum: 8984 df70ba8da43c86923cd88c74676ef9ef Size/MD5 checksum: 15040 22e46a44ff17b0c1d60908cd0b61ccfc Size/MD5 checksum: 31074 fa6ab24dcf4e23f52a8d67dcaf56e40f s390 architecture (IBM S/390) Size/MD5 checksum: 31390 04834db2f07e1ea50eb590d95bc78dcd Size/MD5 checksum: 14872 21e26171f0205856b65f6727a32b3edf Size/MD5 checksum: 7540 fdc0a47c6522993232751be26725ce3b sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) Size/MD5 checksum: 7686 8483df0677d953b7d10335a6063635fa Size/MD5 checksum: 12432 8c3643ab5a8cf220343e0e583d21b947 Size/MD5 checksum: 30008 3cf9fbcaf627dc07d64d2330b5149cce These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Debian Security Advisory DSA-1584-1 http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp May 21, 2008 http://w. libfishsound, simple, programming, interface, wraps, audio, codecs. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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