Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xconq
announced via advisory DSA 354-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20354-1
Insight
Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in xconq, in processing the USER environment variable. In the process of fixing this bug, a similar problem was discovered with the DISPLAY environment variable. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 7.4.1-2woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
Refer to Debian bug #202963.
We recommend that you update your xconq package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0607 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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