Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-995-1

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It was discovered that libMikMod incorrectly handled songs with different channel counts. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted song file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-6720) It was discovered that libMikMod incorrectly handled certain malformed XM files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted XM file, an attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-0179) It was discovered that libMikMod incorrectly handled certain malformed Impulse Tracker files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted Impulse Tracker file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-3995, CVE-2010-2546, CVE-2010-2971) It was discovered that libMikMod incorrectly handled certain malformed Ultratracker files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted Ultratracker file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-3996)

libmikmod vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS , Ubuntu 9.04 , Ubuntu 9.10

• https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2010-September/001170.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25