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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15371: SoX: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-15371: SoX: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/16/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/09/2018
Modified
10/09/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-sound-sox

References

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