SB2023032210 - Ubuntu update for sox 



SB2023032210 - Ubuntu update for sox

Published: March 22, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023032210
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 9
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 11% Medium 22% Low 67%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 9 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13590)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in libsox.a file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23159)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the lsx_read_w_buf() function in formats_i.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.


3) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23172)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the startread() function in hcom.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and crash the application.

4) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23210)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the read_samples() function in voc.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.


5) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33844)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the startread() function in wav.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.

6) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3643)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the lsx_adpcm_init() function in libsox. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


7) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40426)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the sphere.c start_read() functionality. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


8) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31650)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a floating point exception in lsx_aiffstartwrite in aiff.c in libsox.a. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


9) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31651)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an assertion failure in rate_init in rate.c in libsox.a. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.