Ubuntu Security Notice USN-611-1
8th May, 2008
speex vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 7.10
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- speex
Details
It was discovered that Speex did not properly validate its input when
processing Speex file headers. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted Speex file, an attacker could
create a denial of service in applications linked against Speex or
possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- libspeex1 1.1.12-3ubuntu0.8.04.1
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- libspeex1 1.1.12-3ubuntu0.7.10.1
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- libspeex1 1.1.12-3ubuntu0.7.04.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libspeex1 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu0.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart applications linked against
Speex to effect the necessary changes.