Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5904-1 Critical: SoX Denial Of Service

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March 2, 2023

Several security issues were fixed in SoX.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SoX.

Software Description:

- 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 LTS, Ubuntu

16.04 LTS,

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)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service SoX Ubuntu system update

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
   libsox3                         14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1
   sox                             14.4.2+git20190427-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libsox3                        
  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1
   sox                            
  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libsox3                        
  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1
   sox                            
  14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u1build0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   libsox3                         14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2
   sox                             14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libsox2                         14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1
   sox                             14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
   libsox2                         14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2
   sox                             14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm2

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