USN-5904-1: SoX vulnerabilities
2 March 2023
Several security issues were fixed in SoX.
Releases
Packages
- sox - Swiss army knife of sound processing
Details
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM,
and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13590)
Helmut Grohne discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-23159, CVE-2021-23172, CVE-2021-23210,
CVE-2021-33844, CVE-2021-3643, CVE-2021-40426, CVE-2022-31650, and
CVE-2022-31651)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
-
libsox3
-
14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
-
sox
-
14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
Ubuntu 20.04
-
libsox3
-
14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
-
sox
-
14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
-
libsox2
-
14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
-
sox
-
14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
-
libsox2
-
14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
-
sox
-
14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-5904-2: libsox2, libsox3, libsox-fmt-oss, libsox-fmt-ao, libsox-fmt-base, libsox-dev, libsox-fmt-alsa, libsox-fmt-pulse, sox, libsox-fmt-all, libsox-fmt-mp3