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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3527-1 Critical: SoX Denial Of Service Issue

debian lts
Calendar Grey August 13, 2023
Dist Debian Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5102-1 tackles a severe buffer overflow vulnerability in GIMP impacting image processing capabilities.
SoX is a command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats

Summary

Sox was vulnerable to divide by zero vulnerability by reading an
specialy crafted Creative Voice File (.voc) file, in the read_samples
function. This flaw can lead to a denial of service.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u3.

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 LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: sox
Version: 14.4.2+git20190427-1+deb10u3
CVE ID: CVE-2023-32627
Debian Bug: 1041112

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