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PostPosted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:04 pm    Post subject: [ GLSA 200407-23 ] SoX: Multiple buffer overflows Reply with quote

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: SoX: Multiple buffer overflows (GLSA 200407-23)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: July 30, 2004
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #58733
ID: 200407-23

Synopsis

SoX contains two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the WAV header parser code.

Background

SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats.

Affected Packages

Package: media-sound/sox
Vulnerable: <= 12.17.4-r1
Unaffected: >= 12.17.4-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

Ulf Harnhammar discovered two buffer overflows in the sox and play commands when handling WAV files with specially crafted header fields.

Impact

By enticing a user to play or convert a specially crafted WAV file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running SoX.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of SoX.

Resolution

All SoX users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=media-sound/sox-12.17.4-r2"
# emerge ">=media-sound/sox-12.17.4-r2"


References

Full Disclosure Announcement
CVE-2004-0557


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