Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-17 (speex)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200804-17. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200804-17 : Speex: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-17 Speex: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code oCERT reported that the Speex library does not properly validate the 'mode' value it derives from Speex streams, allowing for array indexing vulnerabilities inside multipl...

Speex: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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...