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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-2woody1.diff.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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/abc2ps/abc2ps_1.3.3-3sarge1.diff.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.