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Debian DSA 189-1: Critical Local Root Attack from LuxMan Exploit

There is a vulnerability in LuxMan. When successfully exploited it a local attacker with read write access to the Memory, leading to a local root compromise in many ways, examples of which include scanning the file for fragments of the master password file and modifying kernel memory to re-map system calls.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 189-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze November 6th, 2002 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : luxman Vulnerability : local root exploit Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: yes CVE Id : CAN-2002-1245 iDEFENSE reported about a vulnerability in LuxMan, a maze game for GNU/Linux, similar to the PacMan arcade game. When successfully exploited it a local attacker with read write access to the Memory, leading to a local root compromise in many ways, examples of which include scanning the file for fragments of the master password file and modifying kernel memory to re-map system calls. This problem has been fixed in version 0.41-17.1 the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 0.41-19 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected since it doesn't contain a luxman package We recommend that you upgrade your luxman package immediately. 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 - -------------------------------- This package is onlyavailable for the IA-32 architecture. Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 570 6f07d15342abd605028d3cfde3dd1e6a Size/MD5 checksum: 6955 0ede91f130be23bd67383f47e6b51ccb Size/MD5 checksum: 268279 aa389327578e2d65f3f5035193e407cb Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 290680 e9aa37d421068e828307ef5c816ad72d 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 . A critical vulnerability has been identified in LuxMan on Debian systems, allowing potential unauthorized root access.. Local Exploit, Debian Security, Luxman Threat, Root Access. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 07, 2002 •Critical Debian