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[DSA334] DSA-334-1 xgalaga

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-334-1 xgalaga

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2003-0454

Bugtraq_id:

8058

Xrefs:

DSA:334

Description:

Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xgalaga, a game,
which can be triggered by a long HOME environment variable. This
vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid
'games'.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.34-19woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
2.0.34-22.
We recommend that you update your xgalaga package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-334
Risk factor : High