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Debian update for omega-rpg
Secunia Advisory: SA10190
Release Date: 2003-11-11
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Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 3.0

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Description:
Debian has issued updated packages for omega-rpg. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in the handling of command line arguments and environment variables, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with group "games" privileges.

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