Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1687-1 sox -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
24 Feb 2019
Affected Packages:
sox
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-8145.
More information:

Mike Salvatore discovered that the fixes for these heap-based buffer overflows had not been properly applied in the Debian package.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 14.4.1-5+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sox packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS