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Debian DSA-856-1 : py2play - design error

high Nessus Plugin ID 19964

Synopsis

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

Description

Arc Riley discovered that py2play, a peer-to-peer network game engine, is able to execute arbitrary code received from the p2p game network it is connected to without any security checks.

Solution

Upgrade the py2play package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain py2play packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.7-1sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=326976

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-856

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19964

File Name: debian_DSA-856.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:py2play, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2875

DSA: 856