SB2018010314 - Fedora 27 update for sox
Published: January 3, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010314
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15371)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
There is a reachable assertion abort in the function sox_append_comment() in formats.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.