USN-1148-1: libmodplug vulnerabilities
13 June 2011
libmodplug vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
libmodplug could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- libmodplug - Library for mod music based on ModPlug
Details
It was discovered that libmodplug did not correctly handle certain malformed S3M media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted S3M file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-1574)
It was discovered that libmodplug did not correctly handle certain malformed ABC media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted ABC file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2011-1761)
The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 11.04
- libmodplug1 - 1:0.8.8.1-2ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 10.10
- libmodplug1 - 1:0.8.8.1-1ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- libmodplug0c2 - 1:0.8.7-1ubuntu0.2
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.