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vorbis-tools Speex Header Processing Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory: SA29882  
Release Date: 2008-04-18

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:vorbis-tools 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1686 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in vorbis-tools, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA29727

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.2.0. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Apply patch.
https://trac.xiph.org/attachment/ticket/1347/vorbis-tools-1.2.0-sec.patch

Provided and/or discovered by:
oCERT

Original Advisory:
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-004.html

Other References:
SA29727:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29727/



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