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openSUSE 11.4: 2011:0943-1 Important: Libmodplug Critical Updates

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2011
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Key announcement from openSUSE regarding significant security threats in libmodplug, featuring essential patches and upgraded versions.
An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update of libmodplug0 fixes the following issues:

1) An integer overflow error exists within the

"CSoundFile::ReadWav()" function (src/load_wav.cpp) when

processing certain WAV files. This can be exploited to

cause a heap-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into

opening a specially crafted WAV file. (CVE-2011-2911)

2) Boundary errors within the "CSoundFile::ReadS3M()"

function (src/load_s3m.cpp) when processing S3M files can

be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows by

tricking a user into opening a specially crafted S3M file.

(CVE-2011-2912)

3) An off-by-one error within the "CSoundFile::ReadAMS()"

function (src/load_ams.cpp) can be exploited to cause a

stack corruption by tricking a user into opening a

specially crafted AMS file. (CVE-2011-2913)

4) An off-by-one error within the "CSoundFile::ReadDSM()"

function (src/load_dms.cpp) can be exploited to cause a

memory corruption by tricking a user into...

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 11.4:

zypper in -t patch libmodplug-5004

- openSUSE 11.3:

zypper in -t patch libmodplug-5004

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.8.8.4]:

libmodplug-devel-0.8.8.4-2.2.1

libmodplug0-0.8.8.4-2.2.1

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) [New Version: 0.8.8.4]:

libmodplug0-32bit-0.8.8.4-2.2.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 0.8.8.4]:

libmodplug-devel-0.8.8.4-2.2.1

libmodplug0-0.8.8.4-2.2.1

- openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) [New Version: 0.8.8.4]:

libmodplug0-32bit-0.8.8.4-2.2.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1761.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2911.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2912.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2913.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2914.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2915.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2011:0943-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 . It includes one version update.

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