SB2019071630 - Integer overflow in sox (Alpine package)
Published: July 16, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019071630
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8355)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in xmalloc.h when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into executing a file that submits malicious input to the targeted system with the sox command, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow condition channels_start in remix.c and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.