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Debian DSA-445-1 : lbreakout2 - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15282

Synopsis

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

Description

Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a vulnerability in lbreakout2, a game, where proper bounds checking was not performed on environment variables. This bug could be exploited by a local attacker to gain the privileges of group 'games'.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-1woody1.

We recommend that you update your lbreakout2 package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-445

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15282

File Name: debian_DSA-445.nasl

Version: 1.24

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: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lbreakout2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0158

BID: 9712

DSA: 445