DSA-641-1 playmidi -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-641-1 playmidi -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

17 Jan 2005

Affected Packages:

playmidi

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0020.

More information:

Erik Sjölund discovered that playmidi, a MIDI player, contains a setuid root program with a buffer overflow that can be exploited by a local attacker.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4-4woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4debian-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your playmidi package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/playmidi/playmidi_2.4-4woody1_sparc.deb

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