Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in libmodplug, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
libmodplug "CSoundFile::ReadMed()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34797
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34797/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in libmodplug, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the
library.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow within the
"CSoundFile::ReadMed()" function in src/load_med.cpp when loading MED
files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by
e.g. opening a specially crafted MED file in an application using the
library.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to libmodplug 0.8.6.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.8.6.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
dummy
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=677065&group_id=1275
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