Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2071-1 libmikmod -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:

14 Jul 2010

Affected Packages:

libmikmod

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-3995, CVE-2009-3996.

More information:

Dyon Balding discovered buffer overflows in the MikMod sound library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening malformed Impulse Tracker or Ultratracker sound files.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 3.1.11-6+lenny1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.1.11-6.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmikmod packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.1.11-6+lenny1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.1.11.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod_3.1.11-6+lenny1.diff.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libm/libmikmod/libmikmod2-dev_3.1.11-a-6+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.