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Debian DSA-1041-1 : abc2ps - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22583

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Erik Sjolund 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.

Solution

Upgrade the abc2ps package.

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.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1041

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22583

File Name: debian_DSA-1041.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:abc2ps, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1513

DSA: 1041