Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1084-1 typespeed -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

31 May 2006

Affected Packages:

typespeed

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1515.

More information:

Niko Tyni discovered a buffer overflow in the processing of network data in typespeed, a game for testing and improving typing speed, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.1-2.4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.4-8sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.4-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.