Debian Security Advisory

DSA-926-2 ketm -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

23 Dec 2005

Affected Packages:

ketm

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3535.

More information:

Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a buffer overflow in ketm, an old school 2D-scrolling shooter game, that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with group games privileges.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.6-7woody0.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.6-17sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.6-17sarge1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ketm package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0.diff.gz; http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-7woody0_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1.diff.gz; http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm-data_0.0.6-17sarge1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ketm/ketm_0.0.6-17sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.