DSA 691-1: New abuse packages fix local root exploit
Posted on: 03/07/2005 10:44 AM
New abuse packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 691-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 7th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : abuse Vulnerability : several Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0098 CAN-2005-0099
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in abuse, the SDL port of the Abuse action game. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CAN-2005-0098
Erik Sjölund discovered several buffer overflows in the command line handling, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code with elevated privileges since it is installed setuid root.
CAN-2005-0099
Steve Kemp discoverd that that abuse creates some files without dropping privileges first, which may lead to the creation and overwriting of arbitrary files.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.00+-3woody4.
The unstable distribution (sid) does not contain an abuse package anymore.
We recommend that you upgrade your abuse 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 - --------------------------------