NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting sox package, versions <14.4.2-r5
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- published6 Dec 2024
- disclosed15 Feb 2018
Introduced: 15 Feb 2018
CVE-2017-18189 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.21 sox to version 14.4.2-r5 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sox package and not the sox package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18189
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881121
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00042.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18189
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/
- https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans@mansr.com/raw
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2283
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-18189
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62RARFRXGKPNNFFNVDV7DHJSOKAIZ3CX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUKFZQSZG2ABMTAMOGBMY7MJNSGEIYTL/
- https://public-inbox.org/sox-devel/20171109114554.16297-1-mans%40mansr.com/raw