Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows     user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c. (CVE-2015-7747)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of audiofile installed on the remote host is prior to 0.3.6-9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2601 advisory.

    Buffer overflow in the afReadFrames function in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) allows     user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code via a crafted audio file, as demonstrated by sixteen-stereo-to-eight-mono.c. (CVE-2015-7747)

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the MSADPCM::initializeCoefficients function in MSADPCM.cpp in audiofile     (aka libaudiofile and Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a     crafted audio file. (CVE-2017-6827)

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the readValue function in FileHandle.cpp in audiofile (aka libaudiofile and     Audio File Library) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted WAV file.
    (CVE-2017-6828)

    The decodeSample function in IMA.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6829)

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the alaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka     audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2017-6830)

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlockWAVE function in IMA.cpp in Audio File Library (aka     audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0 and 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6831)

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the decodeBlock in MSADPCM.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6,     0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6832)

    The runPull function in libaudiofile/modules/BlockCodec.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2017-6833)

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the ulaw2linear_buf function in G711.cpp in Audio File Library (aka     audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0, 0.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6834)

    The reset1 function in libaudiofile/modules/BlockCodec.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a crafted file.
    (CVE-2017-6835)

    Heap-based buffer overflow in the Expand3To4Module::run function in libaudiofile/modules/SimpleModule.h in     Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6, 0.3.5, 0.3.4, 0.3.3, 0.3.2, 0.3.1, 0.3.0 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6836)

    WAVE.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (crash) via vectors related to a large number of coefficients. (CVE-2017-6837)

    Integer overflow in sfcommands/sfconvert.c in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6838)

    Integer overflow in modules/MSADPCM.cpp in Audio File Library (aka audiofile) 0.3.6 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-6839)

    Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FilePOSIX::read in File.cpp in audiofile 0.3.6 may cause denial-of-     service via a crafted wav file, this bug can be triggered by the executable sfconvert. (CVE-2020-18781)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This audiofile update fixes the following issue: Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2015-7747: Fixed buffer overflow issue when changing     both number of channels and sample format. (bsc#949399)

  - CVE-2017-6827: heap-based buffer overflow in     MSADPCM::initializeCoefficients (MSADPCM.cpp)     (bsc#1026979)

  - CVE-2017-6828: heap-based buffer overflow in readValue     (FileHandle.cpp) (bsc#1026980)

  - CVE-2017-6829: global buffer overflow in decodeSample     (IMA.cpp) (bsc#1026981)

  - CVE-2017-6830: heap-based buffer overflow in     alaw2linear_buf (G711.cpp) (bsc#1026982)

  - CVE-2017-6831: heap-based buffer overflow in     IMA::decodeBlockWAVE (IMA.cpp) (bsc#1026983)

  - CVE-2017-6832: heap-based buffer overflow in     MSADPCM::decodeBlock (MSADPCM.cpp) (bsc#1026984)

  - CVE-2017-6833: divide-by-zero in BlockCodec::runPull     (BlockCodec.cpp) (bsc#1026985)

  - CVE-2017-6834: heap-based buffer overflow in     ulaw2linear_buf (G711.cpp) (bsc#1026986)

  - CVE-2017-6835: divide-by-zero in BlockCodec::reset1     (BlockCodec.cpp) (bsc#1026988)

  - CVE-2017-6836: heap-based buffer overflow in     Expand3To4Module::run (SimpleModule.h) (bsc#1026987)

  - CVE-2017-6837, CVE-2017-6838, CVE-2017-6839: multiple     ubsan crashes (bsc#1026978)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for CVE-2015-7747

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

audiofile was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

  - CVE-2015-7747: Overflow when changing both number of     channels and sample format (bsc#949399).

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2787-1 advisory.

    Fabrizio Gennari discovered that audiofile incorrectly handled changing both the sample format and the     number of channels. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file,     audiofile could be made to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
218994	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-7747	Nessus	Misc.	high
202981	Amazon Linux 2 : audiofile (ALAS-2024-2601)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
99230	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : audiofile (SUSE-SU-2017:0940-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
89255	Fedora 23 : audiofile-0.3.6-9.fc23 (2015-605cd28f33)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
89238	Fedora 22 : audiofile-0.3.6-9.fc22 (2015-4bc7688b3e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
86733	openSUSE Security Update : audiofile (openSUSE-2015-698)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
86652	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : audiofile vulnerability (USN-2787-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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