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Debian update for freesweep
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9862
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Release Date:
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2003-09-29
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Popularity:
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6,433 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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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Debian has issued updated packages for freesweep. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing various environment variables. This can be exploited to cause buffer overflows by constructing overly long, specially crafted environment variables, which may allow execution of arbitrary code with group "games" privileges.
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