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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : libmodplug vulnerabilities (USN-771-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 38714
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that libmodplug did not correctly handle certain parameters when parsing MED media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted MED file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1438)Manfred Tremmel and Stanislav Brabec discovered that libmodplug did not correctly handle long instrument names when parsing PAT sample files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PAT file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-1513).
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Solution
Update the affected libmodplug-dev and / or libmodplug0c2 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 38714
File Name: ubuntu_USN-771-1.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/8/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.12
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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmodplug0c2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmodplug-dev
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1438, CVE-2009-1513
BID: 30801