Igno Saitz libmikmod up to 3.2.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Igno Saitz libmikmod and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-0179. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Igno Saitz libmikmod. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

libmikmod 3.1.11 through 3.2.0, as used by MikMod and possibly other products, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by loading an XM file.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2009. The weakness was published 01/20/2009 by Javier Serrano Polo (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0179 since 01/20/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80672 (Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libmikmod (cve_2009_0179_denial_of)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48007), Tenable (80672), SecurityFocus (BID 33240†), OSVDB (53456†) and Secunia (SA34259†). Similar entries are available at VDB-9596, VDB-45955, VDB-45311 and VDB-45308. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 80672
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libmikmod (cve_2009_0179_denial_of)
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OpenVAS ID: 64737
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-9095 (libmikmod)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/20/2009 +7 days 🔍
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03/09/2009 +48 days 🔍
03/11/2009 +2 days 🔍
01/14/2014 +1770 days 🔍
01/19/2015 +370 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +57 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Javier Serrano Polo
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45965

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X-Force: 48007
SecurityFocus: 33240 - libmikmod '.XM' File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 34259 - SUSE Update for Multiple Packages, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 53456 - libmikmod - '.XM' File Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21220 - MikMod Libmikmod 3.1.11 through 3.2.0 DoS Vulnerability by Loading an XM File, Medium

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/30/2019 14:06
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (79), 08/30/2019 14:06 (5)
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