Executive Summary

Summary
Title New bsdgames packages fix local privilege escalation
Informations
Name DSA-1036 First vendor Publication 2006-04-17
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2006-04-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A buffer overflow problem has been discovered in sail, a game contained in the bsdgames package, a collection of classic textual Unix games, which could lead to games group privilege escalation.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.13-7woody0.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.59-7sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.17-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your bsdgames package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1036

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 5

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1036-1 (bsdgames)
File : nvt/deb_1036_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
24634 bsdgames sail Username Local Overflow

A local overflow exists in sail of bsdgames. The game fails to validate the size of input into the 'buf' variable, resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can obtain the privileges of the games group, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1036.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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