<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!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>2004-12-19</announced> <revised count="02">2004-12-19</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 ">=media-sound/abcm2ps-3.7.21"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://moinejf.free.fr/abcm2ps-3.txt">abcm2ps ChangeLog</uri> <uri link="https://secunia.com/advisories/13523/">Secunia Advisory</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2004-12-19T01:45:11Z"> lewk </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-12-19T14:05:57Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-12-19T16:00:19Z"> lewk </metadata> </glsa>