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Debian DSA-405-1 : xsok - missing privilege release

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15242

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp discovered a problem in xsok, a single player strategy game for X11, related to the Sokoban game, which leads a user to execute arbitrary commands under the GID of games.

Solution

Upgrade the xsok package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.02-9woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-405

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15242

File Name: debian_DSA-405.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: 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:xsok, 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: 12/30/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0949, CVE-2004-0074

BID: 9321

DSA: 405