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 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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
SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS
  • 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-2024-11394

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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS sox Not affected
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: Tue Sep 3 18:57:07 2024