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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-40426): SoX vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-40426): SoX vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/14/2022
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the sphere.c start_read() functionality of Sound Exchange libsox 14.4.2 and master commit 42b3557e. A specially-crafted file can lead to a heap buffer overflow. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libsox2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libsox3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-sox

References

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