SB2018011118 - Fedora 26 update for sox

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SB2018011118 - Fedora 26 update for sox

Published: January 11, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018011118
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15370)

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.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.


2) 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.

References