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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2018.0211
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0211)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'sox' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0211 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'sox' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0211 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This update for sox fixes the following security issues:

* CVE-2017-11332: Fixed the startread function in wav.c, which allowed
remote attackers to cause a DoS (divide-by-zero) via a crafted wav file.
* CVE-2017-11358: Fixed the read_samples function in hcom.c, which
allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS (invalid memory read) via a
crafted hcom file.
* CVE-2017-11359: Fixed the wavwritehdr function in wav.c, which allowed
remote attackers to cause a DoS (divide-by-zero) when converting a
crafted snd file to a wav file.
* CVE-2017-15372: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the
lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.c, which allowed remote
attackers to cause a DoS during conversion of a crafted audio file.
* CVE-2017-15642: Fixed an Use-After-Free vulnerability in
lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c, which could be triggered by an attacker by
providing a malformed AIFF file.
* CVE-2017-18189: In the startread function in xa.c in Sound eXchange
(SoX) through 14.4.2, a corrupt header specifying zero channels triggers
an infinite loop with a resultant NULL pointer dereference, which may
allow a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service.

Affected Software/OS:
'sox' package(s) on Mageia 5, Mageia 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-11332
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42398/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-02
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/81
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00043.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00007.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-11358
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/04/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/06/1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-11359
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15372
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500553
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15642
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/298/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-18189
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121
https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans@mansr.com/raw
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2283
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283
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