metadata/glsa/glsa-200412-18.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200412-18">
  <title>abcm2ps: Buffer overflow vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    abcm2ps is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote
    execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">abcm2ps</product>
  <announced>December 19, 2004</announced>
  <revised>December 19, 2004: 02</revised>
  <bug>74702</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-sound/abcm2ps" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.7.21</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.7.21</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    abcm2ps is a utility used to convert ABC music sheet files into
    PostScript format.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Limin Wang has located a buffer overflow inside the put_words()
    function in the abcm2ps code.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could convince the victim to download a
    specially-crafted ABC file. Upon execution, this file would trigger the
    buffer overflow and lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the
    permissions of the user running abcm2ps.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All abcm2ps users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-sound/abcm2ps-3.7.21&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-3.txt">abcm2ps ChangeLog</uri>
    <uri link="http://secunia.com/advisories/13523/">Secunia Advisory</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 19 Dec 2004 01:45:11 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:05:57 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:00:19 +0000">
    lewk
  </metadata>
</glsa>