Debian DSA-565-1 : sox - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15663

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Ulf Harnhammar has reported two vulnerabilities in SoX, a universal sound sample translator, which may be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system with a specially crafted .wav file.

Solution

Upgrade the sox package.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 12.17.3-4woody2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15663

File Name: debian_DSA-565.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/10/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0557

DSA: 565

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