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Debian DSA-378-1 : mah-jong - buffer overflows, denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 15215

Synopsis

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

Description

Nicolas Boullis discovered two vulnerabilities in mah-jong, a network-enabled game.

 - CAN-2003-0705 (buffer overflow) This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the mah-jong server.

 - CAN-2003-0706 (denial of service)

 This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to cause the mah-jong server to enter a tight loop and stop responding to commands.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.4-2.

We recommend that you update your mah-jong package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-378

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15215

File Name: debian_DSA-378.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0705, CVE-2003-0706

BID: 8557, 8558

DSA: 378