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[DSA391] DSA-391-1 freesweep

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-391-1 freesweep

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2003-0828

Bugtraq_id:

8716

Xrefs:

DSA:391

Description:

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in freesweep, when processing
several environment variables. This vulnerability could be exploited
by a local user to gain gid 'games'.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
in version 0.88-4woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your freesweep package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-391
Risk factor : High