Debian DSA-1421-1 : wesnoth - directory traversal

high Nessus Plugin ID 29228

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Battle for Wesnoth that allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files the user running the client has access to on the machine running the game client.

Solution

Upgrade the wesnoth package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.0-7.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-3.

For the stable backports distribution (etch-backports) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.8-1~bpo40+1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1421

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 29228

File Name: debian_DSA-1421.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wesnoth, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5742, CVE-2007-6201

CWE: 20, 22

DSA: 1421