Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1845-1 dosbox -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 07 Jul 2019
- Affected Packages:
- dosbox
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 931222.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-7165, CVE-2019-12594. - More information:
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Several security vulnerabilities were discovered in DOSBox, an emulator for running old DOS programs.
- CVE-2019-7165
A very long line inside a bat file would overflow the parsing buffer which could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
- CVE-2019-12594
Insufficient access controls inside DOSBox allowed attackers to access resources on the host system and execute arbitrary code.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, these problems have been fixed in version 0.74-4+deb8u1.We recommend that you upgrade your dosbox packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2019-7165