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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain gid "games".. Debian Security Advisory DSA 484-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman April 14th, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xonix Vulnerability : failure to drop privileges Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0157 Steve Kemp discovered a vulnerability in xonix, a game, where an external program was invoked while retaining setgid privileges. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain gid "games". For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem will be fixed in version 1.4-19woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your xonix 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: 586 6f26d5b08dbeadab0cfe72724e4a7f7f Size/MD5 checksum: 5738 60429284d637729799c230d18e301d55 Size/MD5 checksum: 44533 c53a8d9dcdb44a6e62a63913dc9e2610 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 28266 8182ecc198a51bba3556d5222835437c ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 25188 abfc1957fe2ac0adef9562b06037156b Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 23256 a8dd1ba031684de6cf4c80749217c3eb Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 34190 0b3a3255f062aa83945633a51f3c3fe5 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 26540 b54c3819a331ae6c5b5bd0345bff14dd Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 22524 c504fbffd9b8f12d529ee89e0bdd24c0 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 26532 3189246548f72ea3bfec76785b890735 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 26376 78365a237af4c9b0a1d2682071a66b55 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 24944 fa8a7607397c1569806bd00c0870c3df IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 25754 c6c0c542a92be4962b6ba26510ee5588 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 27086 1a1cfb8adeb548358dda307c83c54d53 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 potential insider threat could exploit the unpatched user privilege escalation flaw in Fedora to gain access to uid 'root'.. Debian,Xonix,Privilege Escalation,Local Attack. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 15, 2004
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