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Amazon Linux 2 : sox (ALAS-2019-1352)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130604

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw found in the way SoX handled processing of AIFF files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the SoX application by tricking it into processing crafted AIFF files.(CVE-2017-18189)

Solution

Run 'yum update sox' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1352.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130604

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1352.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2019

Updated: 4/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sox-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sox-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18189

ALAS: 2019-1352