Debian DSA-2226-1 : libmodplug - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53559

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Synopsis

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

Description

M. Lucinskij and P. Tumenas discovered a buffer overflow in the code for processing S3M tracker files in the Modplug tracker music library, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libmodplug packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.4-1+lenny2.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.8.8.1-1+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53559

File Name: debian_DSA-2226.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmodplug, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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: 4/26/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Core Impact

Metasploit (VideoLAN VLC ModPlug ReadS3M Stack Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1574

BID: 47248

DSA: 2226

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