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Debian DSA-359-1 : atari800 - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15196

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp discovered multiple buffer overflows in atari800, an Atari emulator. In order to directly access graphics hardware, one of the affected programs is setuid root. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2-1woody2.

We recommend that you update your atari800 package.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=203707

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-359

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15196

File Name: debian_DSA-359.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:atari800

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0630

BID: 8322

DSA: 359