USN-1255-1: libmodplug vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04
• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• libmodplug - Library for mod music based on ModPlug

Details

Hossein Lotfi discovered that libmodplug did not correctly handle certain
malformed media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2011-2911, CVE-2011-2912, CVE-2011-2913)

It was discovered that libmodplug did not correctly handle certain
malformed media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service
or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2011-2914, CVE-2011-2915)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 11.10

• libmodplug1 - 1:0.8.8.2-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.04

• libmodplug1 - 1:0.8.8.1-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 10.10

• libmodplug1 - 1:0.8.8.1-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 10.04

• libmodplug0c2 - 1:0.8.7-1ubuntu0.3

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

References

• CVE-2011-2911
• CVE-2011-2912
• CVE-2011-2913
• CVE-2011-2914
• CVE-2011-2915