Debian Security Advisory
DSA-359-1 atari800 -- buffer overflows
- Date Reported:
- 31 Jul 2003
- Affected Packages:
- atari800
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 203707.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 8322.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0630. - More information:
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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.
We recommend that you update your atari800 package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/contrib/a/atari800/atari800_1.2.2-1woody2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.