LTris buffer overflow
| ltris-bo (11978) |  High Risk |
Description:
LTris is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by insufficient bounds checking. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary commands on the system with gid game privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- FreeBSD, FreeBSD Ports Collection
- Michael Speck, LTris 1.0.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 08 2003 - 18:14:14 CDT , ltris-and-slashem-tty possible trouble at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0105.html.
- LTris Web site, LGames - Linux Games at http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LTris.
- BID-7537: Lgames LTris Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-1473: Buffer overflow in LTris 1.0.1 of FreeBSD Ports Collection 2003-02-25 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code with gid games permission via a long HOME environment variable.
Reported:
May 08, 2003
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