1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4499-1

USN-4499-1: MilkyTracker vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 September 2020

Overview

MilkyTracker could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • milkytracker - music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2

Details

It was discovered that MilkyTracker did not properly handle certain input. If
a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker could cause
MilkyTracker to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that MilkyTracker did not properly handle certain input. If
a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker could cause
MilkyTracker to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial milkytracker –  0.90.85+dfsg-2.2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

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