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Debian 3.0: DSA 405-1 Moderate: Xsok Privilege Escalation Threat

Steve Kemp discovered a problem in xsok, a single player strategy gamefor X11, related to the Sokoban game, which leads a user to executearbitrary commands under the GID of games.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 405-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze December 30th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xsok Vulnerability : missing privelige release Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2003-0949 Steve Kemp discovered a problem in xsok, a single player strategy game for X11, related to the Sokoban game, which leads a user to execute arbitrary commands under the GID of games. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.02-9woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.02-11. We recommend that you upgrade your xsok 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: 575 5e3f7f8513b7fb3e8fa1ebfa56a2b4bc Size/MD5 checksum: 5616 6c17b1f0201f583c770b42334be33cb4 Size/MD5 checksum: 114085 f961b329e6577ebefcaa0acece9c94c8 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 69860 45a8699a82fb7da43a4ca28f9579fb62 ARMarchitecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64018 0f2ac33af74901cd52d31cb23e2b5b4f Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 61822 35ede5adbfbdad30eb7ecdc1137f5f33 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 79138 5ff4f9683dce6582219d4907c3f3bc5c HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 68178 fa756bb317a7162ac9df2a0b0576ee9a Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 61204 6b32053cc307b3c9bfe4b3036fcab30f Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 68402 b23adc954aaf6a23ac3e118d9c4150b6 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 68338 061b40e0768f906db728cf9d3b8574e6 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64626 6f95af173c40cc7e2d00501d80c0e308 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64706 42386e9b13539154f214a20c464b9988 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 66278 4d061f87360819298c481eb17dd43881 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 v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/8UlwW5ql+IAeqTIRAivnAJ47ZNx8ciwmJef3TfpZpZDfbAR6XQCdFT5G AAiln4U8+sjX4HqeAMhjH8s=PFVG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Enhance your xsok module to address a security loophole that permits unrestricted command execution tied to GID.. xsok Vulnerability, Debian Advisory, Privilege Escalation, Security Update. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 30, 2003 •Important Debian