Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1036-1 bsdgames -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 17 Apr 2006
- Affected Packages:
- bsdgames
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 360989.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 17401.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1744. - More information:
-
A buffer overflow problem has been discovered in sail, a game contained in the bsdgames package, a collection of classic textual Unix games, which could lead to games group privilege escalation.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.13-7woody0.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.17-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.17-7.
We recommend that you upgrade your bsdgames package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.13-7woody0_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bsdgames/bsdgames_2.17-1sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.