Debian Security Advisory

DSA-327-1 xbl -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:

19 Jun 2003

Affected Packages:

xbl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2003-0451.

More information:

Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xbl, a game, which can be triggered by long command line arguments. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0k-3woody1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0i-7potato1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version 1.0k-5.

We recommend that you update your xbl package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_i386.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_m68k.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_powerpc.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0i-7potato1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xbl/xbl_1.0k-3woody1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.