Debian: 'xbl' buffer overflow
Summary
Steve Kemp discovered several buffer overflows in xbl, a game, which
can be triggered by long command line arguments. This vulnerability
could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0k-3woody1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0i-7potato1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
1.0k-5.
We recommend that you update your xbl package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
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