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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5961-1 Moderate: abcm2ps Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2023
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A variety of vulnerabilities in xyztool were addressed in this notice for numerous Ubuntu versions, impacting how data is processed.
Several security issues were fixed in abcm2ps.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in abcm2ps.

Software Description:

- abcm2ps: Translates ABC music description files to PostScript

Details:

It was discovered that abcm2ps incorrectly

handled memory when parsing specially crafted ABC files.

An attacker could use this issue to cause abcm2ps to crash,

leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute

arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

(CVE-2018-10753, CVE-2018-10771, CVE-2019-1010069)

Chiba of Topsec Alpha Lab discovered that abcm2ps incorrectly

handled memory when parsing specially crafted ABC files.

An attacker could use this issue to cause abcm2ps to crash,

leading to a denial of service.

(CVE-2021-32434, CVE-2021-32435, CVE-2021-32436)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service memory handling abcm2ps

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   abcm2ps                         8.14.11-0.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   abcm2ps                         8.14.6-0.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   abcm2ps                         7.8.9-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   abcm2ps                         7.8.9-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5961-1

  CVE-2018-10753, CVE-2018-10771, CVE-2019-1010069, CVE-2021-32434,

  CVE-2021-32435, CVE-2021-32436

March 16, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service memory handling abcm2ps

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/abcm2ps/7.8.9-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

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