abcm2ps v8.14.11 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read in the function calculate_beam at draw.c.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5961-1 advisory.

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2983 advisory.

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the delayed_output function in music.c in abcm2ps through 8.13.20 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact. (CVE-2018-10753)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_key function in parse.c in abcm2ps through 8.13.20 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
    (CVE-2018-10771)

  - moinejf abcm2ps 8.13.20 is affected by: Incorrect Access Control. The impact is: Allows attackers to cause     a denial of service attack via a crafted file. The component is: front.c, function txt_add. The fixed     version is: after commit commit 08aef597656d065e86075f3d53fda89765845eae. (CVE-2019-1010069)

  - abcm2ps v8.14.11 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read in the function calculate_beam at draw.c.
    (CVE-2021-32434)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the function get_key in parse.c of abcm2ps v8.14.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2021-32435)

  - An out-of-bounds read in the function write_title() in subs.c of abcm2ps v8.14.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2021-32436)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0100-1 advisory.

  - abcm2ps v8.14.11 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read in the function calculate_beam at draw.c.
    (CVE-2021-32434)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the function get_key in parse.c of abcm2ps v8.14.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2021-32435)

  - An out-of-bounds read in the function write_title() in subs.c of abcm2ps v8.14.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2021-32436)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
172617	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : abcm2ps vulnerabilities (USN-5961-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
159770	Debian DLA-2983-1 : abcm2ps - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
159393	openSUSE 15 Security Update : abcm2ps (openSUSE-SU-2022:0100-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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