freesweep buffer overflow
| freesweep-bo (13301) |  High Risk |
Description:
freesweep is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By passing an overly long environment variable to freesweep, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and gain group ID (GID) 'games' privileges.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Upgrade to the latest freesweep package, as listed below. Refer to DSA-391-1 for more information. See References.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody): 0.88-4woody1 or later
References:
- BID-8716: freesweep Environment Variable Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- BID-872: VDO Live Player Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-0828: Buffer overflow in freesweep in Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 allows local users to gain games group privileges when processing environment variables.
- DSA-391: freesweep -- buffer overflow
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- Gus Hartman freesweep
Reported:
Sep 28, 2003
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