CVE-2019-8356 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-8356: An issue was discovered in SoX 14.4.2. One of the arguments to bitrv2 in fft4g.c is not guarded, such that it can lead to write access outside of the statically declared array, aka a stack-based buffer overflow.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-8356 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

sox→ fixed in14.4.2+git20190427-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sox
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

sox→ fixed in14.4.2+git20190427-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sox
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

sox→ fixed in14.4.2+git20190427-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y sox
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

sox→ fixed in14.4.2-r5
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sox
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

sox→ fixed in14.4.2-r5
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sox
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

sox→ fixed in14.4.2-r5
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sox
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

sox→ fixed in14.4.2-r5
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sox
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

sox→ fixed in14.4.2-r5
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade sox
```

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