Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017181890000000
Revision Date:2018-02-15Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-18189 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-18189
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND sox package in cosmic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '14.4.2-3').
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