Debian DSA-127-1 : xpilot-server - remote buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 14964

Synopsis

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

Description

An internal audit by the xpilot (a multi-player tactical manoeuvring game for X) maintainers revealed a buffer overflow in xpilot server.
This overflow can be abused by remote attackers to gain access to the server under which the xpilot server is running.

Solution

This has been fixed in upstream version 4.5.1 and version 4.1.0-4.U.4alpha2.4.potato1 of the Debian package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-127

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14964

File Name: debian_DSA-127.nasl

Version: 1.18

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: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xpilot, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0179

BID: 4534

DSA: 127