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Debian Security Advisory DSA 327-1 (xbl)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The remote host is missing an update to xbl announced via advisory DSA 327-1. The xbl game in Debian has multiple buffer overflows that can be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53616");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0451");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:36:24 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 327-1 (xbl)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB(2\.2|3\.0)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20327-1");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to xbl
announced via advisory DSA 327-1.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xbl", ver:"1.0i-7potato1", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xbl", ver:"1.0k-3woody1", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
  security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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19 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 24.6
EPSS0.0037
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