Debian DSA-1850-1 : libmodplug - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 44715

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libmodplug, the shared libraries for mod music based on ModPlug. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-1438 It was discovered that libmodplug is prone to an integer overflow when processing a MED file with a crafted song comment or song name.

- CVE-2009-1513 It was discovered that libmodplug is prone to a buffer overflow in the PATinst function, when processing a long instrument name.

Solution

Upgrade the libmodplug packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.7-5.2+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.8.4-1+lenny1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44715

File Name: debian_DSA-1850.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmodplug, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1438, CVE-2009-1513

BID: 30801

CWE: 119, 189

DSA: 1850

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