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Debian DSA-3812-1 : ioquake3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 97801

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that ioquake3, a modified version of the ioQuake3 game engine performs insufficent restrictions on automatically downloaded content (pk3 files or game code), which allows malicious game servers to modify configuration settings including driver settings.

Solution

Upgrade the ioquake3 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.36+u20140802+gca9eebb-2+deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/ioquake3

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3812

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97801

File Name: debian_DSA-3812.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ioquake3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6903

DSA: 3812