Debian Security Advisory

DSA-320-1 mikmod -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

13 Jun 2003

Affected Packages:

mikmod

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 7914.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0427.

More information:

Ingo Saitz discovered a bug in mikmod whereby a long filename inside an archive file can overflow a buffer when the archive is being read by mikmod.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.6-4woody3.

For old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.6-2potato3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 3.1.6-6.

We recommend that you update your mikmod package.

Fixed in:

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_i386.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_m68k.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_powerpc.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-2potato3_sparc.deb

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/mikmod/mikmod_3.1.6-4woody3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.