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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.1-2.4.diff.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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/typespeed/typespeed_0.4.4-8sarge1.diff.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.