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Mandriva Update for sound-scripts MDVA-2008:168 (sound-scripts)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mandrake Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

Check for the Version of sound-scripts

Insight

Insight

The sound initialization scripts provided with Mandriva Linux 2009 activate the Analog Loopback channel when it is present. This channel is present on most audio chipsets supported by the snd-hda-intel driver, which are commonly used on recent systems. When active, this channel plays back the sound received by the line-in and mic-in channels. If nothing is actually connected to these channels, this can result in an unpleasant loud noise over the speakers or headphones connected to the line-out or speaker-out connector. This update adjusts the sound initialization scripts to mute this channel by default. Unfortunately, this change will not be applied automatically on already-installed systems, as existing settings are automatically stored at shutdown and re-applied at startup on Mandriva Linux. If you are suffering from this issue, then you can run the command 'reset_sound' as root after installing this update, and it should resolve the issue. Alternatively, you can simply disable / mute the Analog Loopback channel yourself, using a mixer application.

Affected Software

Affected Software

sound-scripts on Mandriva Linux 2009.0, Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.