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Debian Security Advisory DSA 451-1 (xboing)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xboing announced via advisory DSA 451-1.
Insight
Insight
Steve Kemp discovered a number of buffer overflow vulnerabilities in xboing, a game, which could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid games. For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.4-26woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4-26.1. We recommend that you update your xboing package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20451-1