USN-4079-1: SoX vulnerabilities sox vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary SoX could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted MP3 file. Software Description sox – Swiss army knife of sound processing Details It was discovered that SoX incorrectly handled certain MP3 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-8354, CVE-2019-8355, CVE-2019-8356, CVE-2019-8357) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libsox2 – 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1 sox – 14.4.1-5+deb8u4ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2019-8354 CVE-2019-8355 CVE-2019-8356 CVE-2019-8357 Source: USN-4079-1: SoX vulnerabilities