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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for kicad (DLA-2998-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'kicad' package(s) announced via the DLA-2998-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
KiCad is a suite of programs for the creation of printed circuit boards. It includes a schematic editor, a PCB layout tool, support tools and a 3D viewer to display a finished & fully populated PCB. Several buffer-overflows were discovered in the Gerber Viewer and excellon file parser, that could lead to code execution when opening a maliciously-crafted file. CVE-2022-23803 A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon ReadXYCoord coordinate parsing functionality of KiCad EDA. CVE-2022-23804 A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon ReadIJCoord coordinate parsing functionality of KiCad EDA. CVE-2022-23946 A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon GCodeNumber parsing functionality of KiCad EDA. CVE-2022-23947 A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon DCodeNumber parsing functionality of KiCad EDA.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'kicad' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 4.0.5+dfsg1-4+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your kicad packages.