Out-of-bounds Write Affecting sox package, versions <14.4.1-5+deb9u2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-SOX-337461
- published 16 Feb 2019
- disclosed 15 Feb 2019
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 sox to version 14.4.1-5+deb9u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sox package and not the sox package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. lsx_make_lpf in effect_i_dsp.c has an integer overflow on the result of multiplication fed into malloc. When the buffer is allocated, it is smaller than expected, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-8354
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-8354
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00040.html
- https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/bugs/319
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4079-2/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-8354
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