Package : speex Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-1686
It was discovered that speex, The Speex codec command line tools, did not correctly did not correctly deal with negative offsets in a particular header field. This could allow a malicious file to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.12-3etch1.
We recommend that you upgrade your speex package.
Upgrade instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------