Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for speex. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for speex
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29835
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29835/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for speex. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise
an application using the library.
For more information:
SA29727
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29727:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29727/
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