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GLSA-201810-02 : SoX: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 117967

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201810-02 (SoX: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SoX. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a crafted WAV, HCOM, SND, or AIFF file, could cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SoX users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/sox-14.4.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 117967

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201810-02.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 10/9/2018

Updated: 7/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11332, CVE-2017-11358, CVE-2017-11359, CVE-2017-15370, CVE-2017-15371, CVE-2017-15372, CVE-2017-15642

GLSA: 201810-02