Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title New jnethack packages fix buffer overflow, incorrect permissions
Informations
Name DSA-316 First vendor Publication 2003-06-11
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2003-06-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 3

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

The jnethack package is vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a long '-s' command line option. This vulnerability could be used by an attacker to gain gid 'games' on a system where jnethack is installed.

Additionally, some setgid binaries in the jnethack package have incorrect permissions, which could allow a user who gains gid 'games' to replace these binaries, potentially causing other users to execute malicious code when they run jnethack.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.5-11woody2.

For the old stable distribution (potato) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.3-4potato1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in version 1.1.5-15.

We recommend that you update your jnethack package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 316-1 (nethack)
File : nvt/deb_316_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 350-1 (falconseye)
File : nvt/deb_350_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
12021 nethack SGID Binary Installation Permission Weakness
12020 Falcon's Eye falconseye -s Option Local Overflow
12019 nethack -s Option Local Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-316.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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