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Debian DSA-398-1 : conquest - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15235

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in the environment variable handling of conquest, a curses based, real-time, multi-player space warfare game, which could lead a local attacker to gain unauthorised access to the group conquest.

Solution

Upgrade the conquest package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 7.1.1-6woody1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-398

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15235

File Name: debian_DSA-398.nasl

Version: 1.23

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/1998

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0933

BID: 8996

DSA: 398