DSA-1083-1 motor -- buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-3863  

Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez discovered a buffer overflow in the ktools library which is used in motor, an integrated development environment for C, C++ and Java, which may lead local attackers to execute arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.2-2woody1. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.0-2sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.0-6. We recommend that you upgrade your motor package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1083-1 motor -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
31 May 2006
Affected Packages:
motor
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 368400.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3863.
More information:

Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez discovered a buffer overflow in the ktools library which is used in motor, an integrated development environment for C, C++ and Java, which may lead local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.2-2woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.0-2sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.0-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your motor package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.2.2-2woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-common_3.4.0-2sarge1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor_3.4.0-2sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/motor/motor-fribidi_3.4.0-2sarge1_sparc.deb

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