MGASA-2018-0105

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    MGASA-2018-0105

    Published: 2 Feb 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated sox packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the ImaExpandS function of ima_rw.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file (CVE-2017-15370). There is a reachable assertion abort in the function sox_append_comment() in formats.c in Sound eXchange (SoX) 14.4.2. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack during conversion of an audio file (CVE-2017-15371).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0105.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22469, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/LU6OQGTJOLIFAOPHQI6CPLGMN4KKMLIX/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sox

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/sox?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -14.4.1-6.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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