Debian DLA-3527-1 : sox - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179737

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3527 advisory.

- A floating point exception vulnerability was found in sox, in the read_samples function at sox/src/voc.c:334:18. This flaw can lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-32627)

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

Solution

Upgrade the sox packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u3.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sox

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/sox

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1041112

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3527

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32627

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179737

File Name: debian_DLA-3527.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2023

Updated: 8/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32627

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-fmt-alsa, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-fmt-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-fmt-oss, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-fmt-pulse, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-fmt-all, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-fmt-mp3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsox-fmt-ao

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32627