SB2019071631 - Stack-based buffer overflow in sox (Alpine package)
Published: July 16, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019071631
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) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8356)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper protection on an argument passed to the bitrv2 function, as defined in the fft4g.c source code file of the affected software. 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 stack-based buffer overflow condition and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.