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Gentoo: GLSA-200412-18 Critical: abcm2ps Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2004
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The abcm2ps tool on Gentoo is vulnerable to a buffer overflow issue; it is advisable to update your installation to avert potential remote code execution threats.
abcm2ps is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-18:02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: abcm2ps: Buffer overflow vulnerability Date: December 19, 2004 Updated: December 19, 2004 Bugs: #74702 ID: 200412-18:02

Synopsis ======= abcm2ps is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= abcm2ps is a utility used to convert ABC music sheet files into PostScript format.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/abcm2ps < 3.7.21 >= 3.7.21
========== Limin Wang has located a buffer overflow inside the put_words() function in the abcm2ps code.
Impact ===== A remote attacker co...

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