Debian DSA-217-1 : typespeed - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15054

Synopsis

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

Description

A problem has been discovered in the typespeed, a game that lets you measure your typematic speed. By overflowing a buffer a local attacker could execute arbitrary commands under the group id games.

Solution

Upgrade the typespeed package.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.1-2.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.0-5.1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-217

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15054

File Name: debian_DSA-217.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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:typespeed, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1389

DSA: 217