MGASA-2018-0211

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MGASA-2018-0211

Summary: Updated sox packages fix security vulnerabilities

Details: This update for sox fixes the following security issues: * CVE-2017-11332: Fixed the startread function in wav.c, which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS (divide-by-zero) via a crafted wav file. * CVE-2017-11358: Fixed the read_samples function in hcom.c, which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS (invalid memory read) via a crafted hcom file. * CVE-2017-11359: Fixed the wavwritehdr function in wav.c, which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS (divide-by-zero) when converting a a crafted snd file to a wav file. * CVE-2017-15372: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in the lsx_ms_adpcm_block_expand_i function of adpcm.c, which allowed remote attackers to cause a DoS during conversion of a crafted audio file. * CVE-2017-15642: Fixed an Use-After-Free vulnerability in lsx_aiffstartread in aiff.c, which could be triggered by an attacker by providing a malformed AIFF file. * CVE-2017-18189: 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.

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0211.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22615