Alpine: multiple sox packages: security update to 14.4.2-r5

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407174

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- 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. (CVE-2017-18189)

- The startread function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted wav file. (CVE-2017-11332)

- The read_samples function in hcom.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted hcom file. (CVE-2017-11358)

- The wavwritehdr function in wav.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted snd file, during conversion to a wav
file. (CVE-2017-11359)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 407174

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11332, CVE-2017-11358, CVE-2017-11359, CVE-2017-13571, CVE-2017-13642, CVE-2017-15370, CVE-2017-15372, CVE-2017-18189, CVE-2019-8354, CVE-2019-8355, CVE-2019-8356, CVE-2019-8357

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