Debian DSA-3948-1 : ioquake3 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102600

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A read buffer overflow was discovered in the idtech3 (Quake III Arena) family of game engines. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted packet.

Solution

Upgrade the ioquake3 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.36+u20140802+gca9eebb-2+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.36+u20161101+dfsg1-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102600

File Name: debian_DSA-3948.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/21/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ioquake3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11721

DSA: 3948

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