security advisorymoderatebuffer overflow
Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in the environment variablehandling of conquest, a curses based, real-time, multi-player spacewarfare game, which could lead a local attacker to gain unauthorisedaccess to the group conquest.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 398-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze November 10th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : conquest Vulnerability : buffer overlow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0933 Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in the environment variable handling of conquest, a curses based, real-time, multi-player space warfare game, which could lead a local attacker to gain unauthorised access to the group conquest. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 7.1.1-6woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 7.2-5. We recommend that you upgrade your conquest package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 606 89c7be20d34d9176d18eb51f28c7806e Size/MD5 checksum: 32749 27d90e0b6719579833cb064a2b70dcdb Size/MD5 checksum: 255029 c02891f6c0c4b8c73a82c1c8185e3025 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 366064 b6d212bd4a4880488195d47002e66981 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 227160 42399fea69c68ce63890e63b1b6c00ef Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 228846 f03fd6daf700e6f3bf8def68eff30d72 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 402110 ffbff5ca106ee2d41b28aa15e61f74ce HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 260870 1348a3b191e52a84302ee6304654007f Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 215282 02fc3e118af479c039dde99cf400dac7 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 277570 a538cc763893262f56dbcc247d63f75f Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 275324 ca3d4e2831592b7a0a9b302845895699 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 267460 6c14f9505b9a70a26b251086fb0a4283 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 241432 f427b9ce0febfe66370b773c84e30a2e Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 302096 50f45c32dc171f547ade2d0439e3ebe0 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Identify a security flaw within the tactical game affecting Fedora installations. Recommend an update to enhance protection.. Debian Security Advisory, Conquest Exploit, Buffer Overflow Issues. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 10, 2003
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