XGalaga HOME Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

XGalaga HOME Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA9138	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-06-30
Popularity:	7,526 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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CVE reference:	CVE-2003-0454

Description: Debian has reported a vulnerability in XGalaga, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling of the HOME environment variable. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow making it possible to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the "games" group. Solution: Updated packages: -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody -- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...x/xgalaga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 576 746a62bbc0e1fe3e402ebf0baf7d409f http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...alaga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 33875 cca65c5c025fe964e574ed286bf1a48e http://security.debian.org/pool/updat.../x/xgalaga/xgalaga_2.0.34.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 314189 9f7ee685e9c4741b5f0edc3f91df9510 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...aga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 208352 2ee48a6c41ed2912f9c04b7e5bab0b2f ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...alaga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 198666 3bba4b2486e3c48f6d116f55b521180d Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...laga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 191654 4fd57335930cb976e93b48993fc159e0 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...laga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 225428 0030ed8957fda5d7787415deceb05b41 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...laga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 211990 8877bd894336e2b4eeae5e90bb76bae9 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...laga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 192832 5edfdbf20d05364609abd78121e86839 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...laga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 205460 928639b6561e32e4e8f7820dbae789ed Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...ga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 202588 27e65f0489cee88c3b2af603764ae66f PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...a/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 199984 f0baf858ea5f44368fe14fceb581862f IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...laga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 200876 a816f3a90931f141ed0d0450d77feb44 Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...aga/xgalaga_2.0.34-19woody1_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 205648 ce754d6e1665737c7160a14ca47d21f8 -- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid -- Fixed in version 2.0.34-22. Provided and/or discovered by: Steve Kemp Original Advisory: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-334

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