Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sox (MDKSA-2004:076)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14174

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Ulf Harnhammar discovered two buffer overflows in SoX. They occur when the sox or play commands handle malicious .WAV files.

Versions 12.17.4, 12.17.3 and 12.17.2 are vulnerable to these overflows. 12.17.1, 12.17 and 12.16 are some versions that are not.

Solution

Update the affected sox and / or sox-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14174

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2004-076.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:sox, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:sox-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0557

MDKSA: 2004:076

Detections

Analytics