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Debian DSA-1737-1 : wesnoth - several vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 35907
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several security issues have been discovered in wesnoth, a fantasy turn-based strategy game. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-0366 Daniel Franke discovered that the wesnoth server is prone to a denial of service attack when receiving special crafted compressed data.
- CVE-2009-0367 Daniel Franke discovered that the sandbox implementation for the python AIs can be used to execute arbitrary python code on wesnoth clients. In order to prevent this issue, the python support has been disabled. A compatibility patch was included, so that the affected campagne is still working properly.
Solution
Upgrade the wesnoth packages.For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.4-2+lenny1.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2-5.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0366
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35907
File Name: debian_DSA-1737.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/12/2009
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wesnoth, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
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: 3/11/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0366, CVE-2009-0367