Debian DSA-205-1 : gtetrinet - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15042

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp and James Antill found several buffer overflows in the gtetrinet (a multiplayer tetris-like game) package as shipped in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, which could be abused by a malicious server.

Solution

This has been fixed in upstream version 0.4.4 and release 0.4.1-9woody1.1 of the Debian package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-205

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15042

File Name: debian_DSA-205.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gtetrinet, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-2381

CWE: 119

DSA: 205