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Debian DSA-451-1 : xboing - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15288

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp discovered a number of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in xboing, a game, which could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.4-26woody1.

We recommend that you update your xboing package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-451

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15288

File Name: debian_DSA-451.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: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xboing, 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: 2/27/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0149

BID: 9764

DSA: 451