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Debian DSA-5356-1 Severe: Sox Denial Of Service Threat Explained

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2023
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Various vulnerabilities identified in Sox may lead to denial of service or arbitrary code execution upon processing corrupted audio files. It is advisable to implement updates.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Sox, the Swiss Army knife of sound processing programs, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrar...

Summary

Multiple security issues were discovered in Sox, the Swiss Army knife of
sound processing programs, which could result in denial of service or
potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed audio file
is processed.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in
version 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sox packages.

For the detailed security status of sox please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/sox

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: sox
CVE ID: CVE-2021-3643 CVE-2021-23159 CVE-2021-23172 CVE-2021-23210

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