Debian DSA-2071-1 : libmikmod - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 47736

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Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the libmikmod packages.

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

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2071

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 47736

File Name: debian_DSA-2071.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2010

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3995, CVE-2009-3996, CVE-2009-3997, CVE-2010-2546, CVE-2010-2971

BID: 38114

CWE: 119, 189

DSA: 2071