---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia Network Software Inspector 2.0 (NSI) - Public Beta 14 days left of beta period. The 1st generation of the Secunia Network Software Inspector (NSI) has been available for corporate users for almost 1 year and its been a tremendous success. The 2nd generation Secunia NSI is built on the same technology as the award winning Secunia PSI, which has already been downloaded and installed on more than 400,000 computers world wide. Learn more / Download (instant access): http://secunia.com/network_software_inspector_2/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Fedora update for speex SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA29854 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/29854/ CRITICAL: Moderately critical IMPACT: DoS, System access WHERE: >From remote OPERATING SYSTEM: Fedora 8 http://secunia.com/product/16769/ Fedora 7 http://secunia.com/product/15552/ DESCRIPTION: Fedora has issued an update for speex. This fixes a security issue, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library. NOTE: This update adds additional checks to "speex_packet_to_header()" to protect applications using the speex library and not having proper checks. For more information: SA29727 SOLUTION: Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update speex"). ORIGINAL ADVISORY: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00287.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00357.html OTHER REFERENCES: SA29727: http://secunia.com/advisories/29727/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------