Package : bsdgames Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local Debian-specific: no Debian Bug : 360989 CVE ID : CVE-2006-1744
A buffer overflow problem has been discovered in sail, a game contained in the bsdgames package, a collection of classic textual Unix games, which could lead to games group privilege escalation.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.13-7woody0.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.59-7sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.17-7.
We recommend that you upgrade your bsdgames package.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
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 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------