Alpine: libsndfile: security update to 1.0.28-r5

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 405294

Description

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

- An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2ulaw_array in
ulaw.c that will lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19661)

- An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in
alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19662)

- There is a heap-based buffer over-read at wav.c in wav_write_header in libsndfile 1.0.28 that will cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2018-19758)

- It was discovered the fix for CVE-2018-19758 (libsndfile) was not complete and still allows a read beyond
the limits of a buffer in wav_write_header() function in wav.c. A local attacker may use this flaw to make
the application crash. (CVE-2019-3832)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405294

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 11/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19662

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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: 10/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19661, CVE-2018-19662, CVE-2018-19758, CVE-2019-3832

BID: 107572, 107580

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