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Debian DSA-390-1 : marbles - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15227

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in marbles, when processing the HOME environment variable. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain gid 'games'.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1woody1.

We recommend that you update your marbles package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-390

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15227

File Name: debian_DSA-390.nasl

Version: 1.21

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:marbles, 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: 9/26/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0830

BID: 8710

DSA: 390