Linley`s Dungeon Crawl insecure command execution when saving or loading games
| crawl-insecure-command-execution (24262) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Linley's Dungeon Crawl executes the 'save' and 'load' commands insecurely, which could be exploited by a local attacker to gain group 'games' privileges.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux:
Refer to DSA-949-1 for upgrade information. See References.
References:
- BID-16337: Linley Henzell Dungeon Crawl Unspecified Command Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0045: crawl before 4.0.0 does not securely call programs when saving and loading games, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- DSA-949: crawl -- insecure program execution
- OSVDB ID: 22690: Linleys Dungeon Crawl Arbitrary Command Execution
- SA18545: Linley`s Dungeon Crawl Arbitrary Command Execution
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0303: Linley`s Dungeon Crawl Programs Handling Privilege Escalation Issue
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
- Linley Henzell Crawl prior to 4.0.0 b23
Reported:
Jan 20, 2006
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