Summary
The remote host is missing an update to freesweep
announced via advisory DSA 391-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20391-1
Insight
Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in freesweep, when processing several environment variables. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain gid 'games'.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.88-4woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your freesweep package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0828 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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