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The falconseye package is vulnerable to a buffer overflow exploited via a long '-s' command line option.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 350-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman July 15th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : falconseye Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0358 The falconseye 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 falconseye is installed. Note that falconseye does not contain the file permission error CAN-2003-0359 which affected some other nethack packages. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-7woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-9. We recommend that you update your falconseye 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 Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 700 b11f92392768f7513c5d4f113faf113d Size/MD5 checksum: 14939 70aeba2469a22234e1d6c659c47e848a Size/MD5 checksum: 8237462 1f5a837d76b64bf52cfe0033924fb37e Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 4991316 520ff0f0be13cfa42baa65af97f0b55e Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1149664 3ff9e27ffa544fd1e5e2e8ddde03e1d5 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 873900 1d50f9f972b15030de3923f9376a870b Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 774438 f9df67fd1d58100b46aaf348d9678472 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1381860 1a7d26c1962f3e222bd162b1d1f48359 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1000060 7a106848005c7d98a4f85112dcfe4962 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 728580 dfe5e7296df28eebd191debcb081097c Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 935716 15224a235dc364839e9bd41dd86f21f5 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 936784 c9b192045d43213a567a88eca6775dab PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 881438 6e383fb41473e7433db1c88a05916c94 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 854812 aa044dc021a572309b65c7d7ce821dca Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 894254 0aaa7b6c9f8918aab550ea5e4af07a49 You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 . Critical vulnerability in the falconseye package allows local buffer overflow exploit. Immediate update recommended!. Falconseye Buffer Overflow, Debian Advisory, Local Exploit Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 15, 2003
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