Debian Security Advisory

DSA-224-1 canna -- buffer overflow and more

Date Reported:

08 Jan 2003

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 6351, BugTraq ID 6354.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2002-1158, CVE-2002-1159.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in canna, a Japanese input system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project identified the following vulnerabilities:

CAN-2002-1158 (BugTraq Id 6351): "hsj" of Shadow Penguin Security discovered a heap overflow vulnerability in the irw_through function in canna server.
CAN-2002-1159 (BugTraq Id 6354): Shinra Aida of the Canna project discovered that canna does not properly validate requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or information leak.

For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.5b2-46.2.

For the old stable distribution (potato) these problems have been fixed in version 3.5b2-25.2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 3.6p1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your canna packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2.diff.gz; http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/utils/canna_3.5b2.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-25.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-25.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-25.2_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-25.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-25.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-25.2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-25.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-25.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-25.2_i386.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-25.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-25.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-25.2_m68k.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-25.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-25.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-25.2_powerpc.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-25.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-25.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-25.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-25.2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2.diff.gz; http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna_3.5b2-46.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/canna-utils_3.5b2-46.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g_3.5b2-46.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/canna/libcanna1g-dev_3.5b2-46.2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.