Debian Security Advisory
DSA-369-1 zblast -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 08 Aug 2003
- Affected Packages:
- zblast
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 7836.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0613. - More information:
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Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in zblast-svgalib, when saving the high score file. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain gid 'games', if they can achieve a high score.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2pre-5woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 1.2.1-7.
We recommend that you update your zblast package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast_1.2pre-5woody2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast_1.2pre-5woody2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast_1.2pre.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast_1.2pre-5woody2.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-data_1.2pre-5woody2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-svgalib_1.2pre-5woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zblast/zblast-x11_1.2pre-5woody2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.