National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1390
Original release date:03/25/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The configuration of NetHack 3.4.3-r1 and earlier, Falcon's Eye 1.9.4a and earlier, and Slash'EM 0.0.760 and earlier on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the games group to modify saved games files to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows and overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
Solution
This vulnerability applies only to the following games/versions:
1) NetHack 3.4.3-r1 and previous
2) Falcon's Eye 1.9.4a and previous
3) Slash'EM 0.0.760 and previous}
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External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200603-23
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 17217
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 19376
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127319
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127167
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125902
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122376
External Source: XF
Name: gentoo-multiple-games-privilege-escalation(25528)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060324 Re: [ GLSA 200603-23 ] NetHack, Slash'EM, Falcon's Eye: Local privilege escalation
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060324 Re: [ GLSA 200603-23 ] NetHack, Slash'EM, Falcon's Eye: Localprivilege escalation
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 24104