DSA-727-1 libconvert-uulib-perl -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-727-1 libconvert-uulib-perl -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

20 May 2005

Affected Packages:

libconvert-uulib-perl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1349.

More information:

Mark Martinec and Robert Lewis discovered a buffer overflow in Convert::UUlib, a Perl interface to the uulib library, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.201-2woody1.

For the testing (sarge) and unstable (sid) distributions this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.5.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libconvert-uulib-perl package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libc/libconvert-uulib-perl/libconvert-uulib-perl_0.201-2woody1_sparc.deb

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