Upstream information

CVE-2017-18189 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1081146 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1141667 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2018:0489-1 openSUSE-SU-2018:0493-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • sox >= 14.4.1-7.el7
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.1-7.el7
Patchnames:
RHSA-2019:2283
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-5.1
  • sox >= 14.4.2-5.1
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.2-5.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2018-185
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-lp150.3.3
  • sox >= 14.4.2-lp150.3.3
Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA libsox3-14.4.2-lp150.3.3
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libsox3 >= 14.4.2-5.17
  • sox >= 14.4.2-5.17
  • sox-devel >= 14.4.2-5.17
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA libsox3-14.4.2-5.17


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3 sox Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Feb 15 12:23:01 2018
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:16:30 2023