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Debian DSA-1036-1 : bsdgames - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22578

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow problem has been discovered in sail, a game contained in the bsdgames package, a collection of classic textual Unix games, which could lead to games group privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the bsdgames package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.13-7woody0.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.17-1sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=360989

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1036

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22578

File Name: debian_DSA-1036.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

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:bsdgames, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1744

BID: 17401

DSA: 1036