USN-6345-1: SoX vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• sox - Swiss army knife of sound processing

Details

It was discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04

• libsox3 - 14.4.2+git20190427-3.4ubuntu1.1
• sox - 14.4.2+git20190427-3.4ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libsox3 - 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2ubuntu0.22.04.1
• sox - 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libsox3 - 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2ubuntu0.20.04.1
• sox - 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libsox3 - 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• sox - 14.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.3+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• libsox2 - 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• sox - 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• libsox2 - 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm4
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• sox - 14.4.1-3ubuntu1.1+esm4
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2023-32627