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
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.