Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Speex: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200804-17 First vendor Publication 2008-04-17
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-04-17
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Improper input validation in Speex might lead to array indexing vulnerabilities in multiple player applications.

Background

Speex is an audio compression format designed for speech that is free of patent restrictions.

Description

oCERT reported that the Speex library does not properly validate the
"mode" value it derives from Speex streams, allowing for array indexing vulnerabilities inside multiple player applications. Within Gentoo, xine-lib, VLC, gst-plugins-speex from the GStreamer Good Plug-ins, vorbis-tools, libfishsound, Sweep, SDL_sound, and speexdec were found to be vulnerable.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Speex file or network stream with an application listed above. This might lead to the execution of arbitrary code with privileges of the user playing the file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Speex users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/speex-1.2_beta3_p2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-1686 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1686

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10026
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10026
Title: Array index vulnerability in Speex 1.1.12 and earlier, as used in libfishsound 0.9.0 and earlier, including Illiminable DirectShow Filters and Annodex Plugins for Firefox, xine-lib before 1.1.12, and many other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header structure containing a negative offset, which is used to dereference a function pointer.
Description: Array index vulnerability in Speex 1.1.12 and earlier, as used in libfishsound 0.9.0 and earlier, including Illiminable DirectShow Filters and Annodex Plugins for Firefox, xine-lib before 1.1.12, and many other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header structure containing a negative offset, which is used to dereference a function pointer.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1686
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17457
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17457
Title: USN-611-2 -- vorbis-tools vulnerability
Description: USN-611-1 fixed a vulnerability in Speex.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-611-2
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Product(s): vorbis-tools
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17553
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17553
Title: USN-611-1 -- speex vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that Speex did not properly validate its input when processing Speex file headers.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-611-1
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Product(s): speex
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17732
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17732
Title: USN-611-3 -- gst-plugins-good0.10 vulnerability
Description: USN-611-1 fixed a vulnerability in Speex.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-611-3
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.04
Product(s): gst-plugins-good0.10
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18615
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18615
Title: DSA-1584-1 libfishsound - integer overflow
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1584-1
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): libfishsound
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20293
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20293
Title: DSA-1585-1 speex - integer overflow
Description: It was discovered that speex, the Speex codec command line tools, did not correctly deal with negative offsets in a particular header field. This could allow a malicious file to execute arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1585-1
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): speex
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22410
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22410
Title: ELSA-2008:0235: speex security update (Important)
Description: Array index vulnerability in Speex 1.1.12 and earlier, as used in libfishsound 0.9.0 and earlier, including Illiminable DirectShow Filters and Annodex Plugins for Firefox, xine-lib before 1.1.12, and many other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header structure containing a negative offset, which is used to dereference a function pointer.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0235-01
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): speex
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7912
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7912
Title: DSA-1585 speex -- integer overflow
Description: It was discovered that speex, the Speex codec command line tools, did not correctly deal with negative offsets in a particular header field. This could allow a malicious file to execute arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1585
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): speex
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8197
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8197
Title: DSA-1584 libfishsound -- buffer overflow
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1584
CVE-2008-1686
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): libfishsound
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 61

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for gstreamer-plugins-good MDVSA-2008:092 (gstreamer-plugins...
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_092.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for vorbis-tools MDVSA-2008:093 (vorbis-tools)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_093.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for speex MDVSA-2008:094 (speex)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_094.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for xine-lib MDVSA-2008:124 (xine-lib)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_124.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for xine-lib vulnerabilities USN-635-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_635_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for gst-plugins-good0.10 vulnerability USN-611-3
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_611_3.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for vorbis-tools vulnerability USN-611-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_611_2.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for speex vulnerability USN-611-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_611_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for speex RHSA-2008:0235-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0235-01_speex.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for speex CESA-2008:0235 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0235_speex_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for speex CESA-2008:0235 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0235_speex_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for libfishsound FEDORA-2008-3059
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3059_libfishsound_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for speex FEDORA-2008-3103
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3103_speex_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for libfishsound FEDORA-2008-3117
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3117_libfishsound_fc7.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for speex FEDORA-2008-3191
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3191_speex_fc7.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-17 (speex)
File : nvt/glsa_200804_17.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: vorbis-tools
File : nvt/freebsd_vorbis-tools.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: libxine
File : nvt/freebsd_libxine9.nasl
2008-05-27 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1586-1 (xine-lib)
File : nvt/deb_1586_1.nasl
2008-05-27 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1584-1 (libfishsound)
File : nvt/deb_1584_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-111-01 xine-lib
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_111_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
44143 libfishsound Speex Decoder Header Structure Handling Arbitrary Code Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0235.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080416_speex_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_xine-devel-5304.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-27 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_vorbis-tools-5302.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-124.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-093.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-092.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-20 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-635-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-08 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_speex-5364.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-12 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_gstreamer010-plugins-good-5185.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-12 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_gstreamer010-plugins-good-5195.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-04 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_vorbis-tools-5192.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-04 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_vorbis-tools-5193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1586.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1585.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1584.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3117.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-20 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_xine-devel-5205.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-20 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_xine-devel-5204.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-13 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_633716fa1f8f11ddb1430211d880e350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-611-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-611-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-611-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-28 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_7a7c585310a311dd8eb800163e000016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-25 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2008-111-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-22 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0235.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200804-17.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-18 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0235.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3059.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3103.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3191.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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