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Typespeed Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14312
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Release Date:
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2005-02-17
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Popularity:
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4,621 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Typespeed 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0105
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Description:
Ulf Härnhammar has reported a vulnerability in Typespeed, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in "file.c" and may allow execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges on systems, where the game has been installed setuid or setgid (typically setgid "games").
NOTE: Typespeed is not installed setuid or setgid by default.
Solution:
Remove any setuid / setgid bits.
Games should not be installed on production systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Ulf Härnhammar, Debian Security Audit Project
Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-684
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