XGalaga Environment Variable Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:8058

Info

XGalaga Environment Variable Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 8058
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0454
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 29 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: Discovery of these vulnerabilities credited to Steve Kemp.
Vulnerable: xgalaga xgalaga 2.0.34
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

XGalaga Environment Variable Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Several buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported for xgalaga when parsing certain environment variables.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by setting an overly long environment variable and invoking xgalaga. This will result in the corruption of sensitive memory with attacker-supplied values.

Exploit / POC

XGalaga Environment Variable Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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

XGalaga Environment Variable Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Debian fixes available:


xgalaga xgalaga 2.0.34

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