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Scientific Linux: CVE-2007-6720 Moderate: MikMod Buffer Overflow

Scientific Large Esm H446
Moderate: mikmod security update
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:57:16 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: mikmod on SL3.x, SL4.x,
 SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: mikmod security update
Issue date:	2010-09-28
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-6720 CVE-2009-3995 CVE-2009-3996

Multiple input validation flaws, resulting in buffer overflows, were
discovered in MikMod. Specially-crafted music files in various formats
could, when played, cause an application using the MikMod library to
crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-3995,
CVE-2009-3996, CVE-2007-6720)

All running applications using the MikMod library must be restarted for
this update to take effect.

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
mikmod-3.1.6-23.el3.src.rpm
 i386:
mikmod-3.1.6-23.el3.i386.rpm
mikmod-devel-3.1.6-23.el3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
mikmod-3.1.6-23.el3.i386.rpm
mikmod-3.1.6-23.el3.x86_64.rpm
mikmod-devel-3.1.6-23.el3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
mikmod-3.1.6-33.el4_8.1.src.rpm
 i386:
mikmod-3.1.6-33.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
mikmod-devel-3.1.6-33.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
mikmod-3.1.6-33.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
mikmod-3.1.6-33.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
mikmod-devel-3.1.6-33.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
mikmod-3.1.6-39.el5_5.1.src.rpm
 i386:
mikmod-3.1.6-39.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
mikmod-devel-3.1.6-39.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
mikmod-3.1.6-39.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
mikmod-3.1.6-39.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
mikmod-devel-3.1.6-39.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
mikmod-devel-3.1.6-39.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson