Debian Security Advisory
DSA-891-1 gpsdrive -- format string
- Date Reported:
- 09 Nov 2005
- Affected Packages:
- gpsdrive
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3523.
- More information:
-
Kevin Finisterre discovered a format string vulnerability in gpsdrive, a car navigation system, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain gpsdrive packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.09-2sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.09-2sarge1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gpsdrive package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gpsdrive/gpsdrive_2.09-2sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.