Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xgalaga
announced via advisory DSA 334-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20334-1
Insight
Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xgalaga, a game, which can be triggered by a long HOME environment variable. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.34-19woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 2.0.34-22.
We recommend that you update your xgalaga package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0454 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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