Summary
The remote host is missing an update to atari800
announced via advisory DSA 359-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20359-1
Insight
Steve Kemp discovered multiple buffer overflows in atari800, an Atari emulator. In order to directly access graphics hardware, one of the affected programs is setuid root. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2-1woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
Refer to Debian bug #203707.
We recommend that you update your atari800 package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0630 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1011-1 (kernel-patch-vserver, util-vserver)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1049-1 (ethereal)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1019-1 (koffice)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 033-1 (analog)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1070-1 (kernel-source-2.4.19,kernel-image-sparc-2.4,kernel-patch-2.4.19-mips)