RHBA-2010:0916 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated sox package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

SoX (Sound eXchange) is a sound file format converter that allows a user to
convert between many different digitized sound formats, as well as to use simple
sound manipulation functions, including sound effects.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, an attempt to convert an Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) file

that contained the MARK chunk may have failed with the following error:

sox: Failed reading file.aiff: AIFF: no sound data on input file

With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to target this
issue, and such files are now converted as expected. (BZ#651404)

All users of sox are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 651404 - aiff read bug when mark chunk present

CVEs

(none)

References

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