1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5904-1

USN-5904-1: SoX vulnerabilities

Publication date

2 March 2023

Overview

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,

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic libsox3 –  14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1
sox –  14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy libsox3 –  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
sox –  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
20.04 focal libsox3 –  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
sox –  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
18.04 bionic libsox3 –  14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
sox –  14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 xenial libsox2 –  14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1  
sox –  14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1  
14.04 trusty libsox2 –  14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2  
sox –  14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2  

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