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FreeBSD : sox -- input sanitization errors (92cda470-30cb-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84971

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Synopsis

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

Description

oCERT reports :

The sox command line tool is affected by two heap-based buffer overflows, respectively located in functions start_read() and AdpcmReadBlock().

A specially crafted wav file can be used to trigger the vulnerabilities.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-010.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?7d57802d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84971

File Name: freebsd_pkg_92cda47030cb11e5a4a5002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:sox, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8145

BID: 71774