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diff --git a/glsa-200603-26.xml b/glsa-200603-26.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..adc9a2075b17 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200603-26.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200603-26"> + <title>bsd-games: Local privilege escalation in tetris-bsd</title> + <synopsis> + tetris-bsd is prone to local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">bsd-games</product> + <announced>March 29, 2006</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>122399</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="games-misc/bsd-games" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.17-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.17-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + bsd-games is a collection of NetBSD games ported to Linux. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that + the checkscores() function in scores.c reads in the data from the + /var/games/tetris-bsd.scores file without validation, rendering it + vulnerable to buffer overflows and incompatible with the system used + for managing games on Gentoo Linux. As a result, it cannot be played + securely on systems with multiple users. Please note that this is + probably a Gentoo-specific issue. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local user who is a member of group "games" may be able to modify the + tetris-bsd.scores file to trigger the execution of arbitrary code with + the privileges of other players. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not add untrusted users to the "games" group. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All bsd-games users are advised to update to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-misc/bsd-games-2.17-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1539">CVE-2006-1539</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:50:34 +0000"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:36:51 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:00:28 +0000"> + DerCorny + </metadata> +</glsa> |