Security Information / 2023 / Security Information -- DSA-5356-1 sox

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5356-1 sox -- security update

Date Reported:

20 Feb 2023

Affected Packages:

sox

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1010374, Bug 1012138, Bug 1012516, Bug 1021133, Bug 1021134, Bug 1021135.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-3643, CVE-2021-23159, CVE-2021-23172, CVE-2021-23210, CVE-2021-33844, CVE-2021-40426, CVE-2022-31650, CVE-2022-31651.

More information:

One of the security fixes released as DSA 5356 introduced a regression in the processing of specific WAV files. Updated sox packages are available to correct this issue.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 14.4.2+git20190427-2+deb11u2.

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/sox