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Debian: DSA 445-1 Critical: Local Access Buffer Overflow in Lbreakout2

This bug could be exploited by a local attacker to gain the privileges of group "games".. Debian Security Advisory DSA 445-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman February 21st, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : lbreakout2 Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0158 During an audit, Ulf Harnhammar discovered a vulnerability in lbreakout2, a game, where proper bounds checking was not performed on environment variables. This bug could be exploited by a local attacker to gain the privileges of group "games". For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your lbreakout2 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: 638 c2e605263d4d0ca08218e667d1299efa Size/MD5 checksum: 5688 692094c7a0705bfd5f5595a6ce750977 Size/MD5 checksum: 1215427 d5f0ef9371d7165723aa35a3e325a3ba Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1157816 7ef7a54e5b3803ca672b57731cb95f9a ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1126502 28bb2c780e0907c9d7f9862f459002f8 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 111273280fb5d46320ff2b8fae374a61b8ae5ba Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1182786 a899fab79519604d591c4a330783db64 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1136182 fa206bfef247e4a2feb48234f160bf49 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1110628 9bf1761c57b1fe866e32837cbcf99e71 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1142782 d9d2dd4237685a9eec94e7c310e172db PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1129844 f7bd1188ba6485798eb22e195ee938dd IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1121760 5c49bbbfd9f582151bf3cb8b8a2e213a Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1124704 95231dbcc444a3f2e65603029e1f5e2c 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAN+IvArxCt0PiXR4RAnnsAKCQPB/bgXtRLONeUw9srWDpS9/2AACg3q5y 0TJ0Basj6tfcKiNihw+BqJQ=qmt/ . Debian Security Advisory DSA 445-1 Debian Security Information Matt Zimmerman February 21st, 2004 De. exploited, local, attacker, privileges, group, games', debian. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 23, 2004 •Critical Debian