Lgames LTris Local Global High Score File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:12851

Info

Lgames LTris Local Global High Score File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12851
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0825
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 25 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:56AM
Credit: The vendor announced this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Lgames LTris 1.0.1
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Lgames LTris Local Global High Score File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A buffer overflow vulnerability is reported to exist in LTris that may result in a local attacker obtaining elevated privileges. The flaw is reported to exist due to a lack of sufficient boundary checks performed when reading high-score data from the global LTris high-score file.

LTris versions prior to version 1.0.9 are reported prone to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Lgames LTris Local Global High Score File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Lgames LTris Local Global High Score File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this vulnerability and fixes are available:

Gentoo has released an advisory (GLSA 200503-24) and an updated eBuild to address this vulnerability. Gentoo users that are running the affected software may apply the update by issuing the following sequence of commands as a superuser:
emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-puzzle/ltris-1.0.10"


Lgames LTris 1.0.1

References

Lgames LTris Local Global High Score File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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