Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1584-1 libfishsound -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
21 May 2008
Affected Packages:
libfishsound
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 475152.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-1686.
More information:

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.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound_0.7.0.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound_0.7.0-2etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound_0.7.0-2etch1.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dbg_0.7.0-2etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1_0.7.0-2etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libf/libfishsound/libfishsound1-dev_0.7.0-2etch1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.