Debian DSA-503-1 : mah-jong - missing argument check

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15340

Synopsis

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

Description

A problem has been discovered in mah-jong, a variant of the original Mah-Jong game, that can be utilised to crash the game server after dereferencing a NULL pointer. This bug be exploited by any client that connects to the mah-jong server.

Solution

Upgrade the mah-jong package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-503

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15340

File Name: debian_DSA-503.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0458

BID: 10343

DSA: 503