USN-1148-1: libmodplug vulnerabilities
13 June 2011
libmodplug could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- 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
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.