Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0136: libsndfile (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0136)

high Nessus Plugin ID 316585

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2026:0136 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2026-37555:
A flaw was found in the libsndfile library. An integer overflow in the IMA ADPCM codec can occur when a specially crafted WAV audio file is processed, specifically with malicious samplesperblock and blocks values. This can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow, causing a crash to the application linked to the library and memory corruption.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libsndfile, libsndfile-devel and / or libsndfile-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 316585

File Name: alinux3_sa_2026-0136.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/25/2026

Updated: 5/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-37555

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libsndfile, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libsndfile-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libsndfile-devel, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-37555

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