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GLSA-200407-23 : SoX: Multiple buffer overflows

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14556

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-200407-23 (SoX: Multiple buffer overflows)

 Ulf Harnhammar discovered two buffer overflows in the sox and play commands when handling WAV files with specially crafted header fields.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to play or convert a specially crafted WAV file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running SoX.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of SoX.

Solution

All SoX users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=media-sound/sox-12.17.4-r2' # emerge '>=media-sound/sox-12.17.4-r2'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?22afc462

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200407-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14556

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200407-23.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0557

GLSA: 200407-23