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Debian Security Advisory DSA 345-1 (xbl)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to xbl announced via advisory DSA 345-1.

Insight

Insight

Another buffer overflow was discovered in xbl, distinct from the one addressed in DSA-327 (CVE-2003-0451), involving the -display command line option. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0k-3woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 1.0k-6. We recommend that you update your xbl package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20345-1

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