DSA-1041-1 abc2ps -- buffer overflows

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1041-1 abc2ps -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:

25 Apr 2006

Affected Packages:

abc2ps

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1513.

More information:

Erik Sjölund discovered that abc2ps, a translator for ABC music description files into PostScript, does not check the boundaries when reading in ABC music files resulting in buffer overflows.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.3-2woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.3-3sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.3-3sarge1.

We recommend that you upgrade your abc2ps package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1_sparc.deb

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