Debian Security Advisory
DSA-217-1 typespeed -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 27 Dec 2002
- Affected Packages:
- typespeed
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-1389.
- More information:
-
A problem has been discovered in the typespeed, a game that lets you measure your typematic speed. By overflowing a buffer a local attacker could execute arbitrary commands under the group id games.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.1-2.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.0-5.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.2-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_i386.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.0-5.1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.