Multiple buffer overflows in the NMEA parser (nmea-gen.c) in gypsy 0.8 allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors related to the sprintf function.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0524
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33431
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy/+bug/690323
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106919.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106927.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107020.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00034.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49991
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/10