| Name | CVE-2017-18189 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1197-1, DLA-1695-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 881121 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| sox (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 14.4.1-5+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 14.4.1-5+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u3 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 14.4.2+git20190427-3.5 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 14.4.2+git20190427-5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sox | source | wheezy | 14.4.0-3+deb7u2 | DLA-1197-1 | ||
| sox | source | jessie | 14.4.1-5+deb8u2 | DLA-1695-1 | ||
| sox | source | stretch | 14.4.1-5+deb9u2 | |||
| sox | source | (unstable) | 14.4.2-2 | 881121 |
https://github.com/mansr/sox/commit/7a8ceb86212b28243bbb6d0de636f0dfbe833e53