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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /metadata/glsa/glsa-200603-26.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200603-26.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200603-26.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..843ef457b183 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200603-26.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200603-26"> + <title>bsd-games: Local privilege escalation in tetris-bsd</title> + <synopsis> + tetris-bsd is prone to local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">bsd-games</product> + <announced>2006-03-29</announced> + <revised>2006-05-22: 02</revised> + <bug>122399</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="games-misc/bsd-games" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.17-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.17-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + bsd-games is a collection of NetBSD games ported to Linux. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that + the checkscores() function in scores.c reads in the data from the + /var/games/tetris-bsd.scores file without validation, rendering it + vulnerable to buffer overflows and incompatible with the system used + for managing games on Gentoo Linux. As a result, it cannot be played + securely on systems with multiple users. Please note that this is + probably a Gentoo-specific issue. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local user who is a member of group "games" may be able to modify the + tetris-bsd.scores file to trigger the execution of arbitrary code with + the privileges of other players. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not add untrusted users to the "games" group. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All bsd-games users are advised to update to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-misc/bsd-games-2.17-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1539">CVE-2006-1539</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-03-21T19:50:34Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-03-27T15:36:51Z"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-03-28T18:00:28Z"> + DerCorny + </metadata> +</glsa> |