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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : SoX vulnerability (USN-6345-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180562

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6345-1 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6345-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180562

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6345-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2023

Updated: 9/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-fmt-oss, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-fmt-pulse, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sox, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-fmt-all, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-fmt-alsa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-fmt-ao, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-fmt-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsox-fmt-mp3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32627

USN: 6345-1