[Full-Disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA 405-1] New xsok packages fix local group games exploit

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Date: 12/30/03

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 405-1 security@debian.org
    http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
    December 30th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : xsok
    Vulnerability : missing privelige release
    Problem-Type : local
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE ID : CAN-2003-0949

    Steve Kemp discovered a problem in xsok, a single player strategy game
    for X11, related to the Sokoban game, which leads a user to execute
    arbitrary commands under the GID of games.

    For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.02-9woody2.

    For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
    version 1.02-11.

    We recommend that you upgrade your xsok 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 3.0 alias woody
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      Source archives:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum: 575 5e3f7f8513b7fb3e8fa1ebfa56a2b4bc
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2.diff.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 5616 6c17b1f0201f583c770b42334be33cb4
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02.orig.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum: 114085 f961b329e6577ebefcaa0acece9c94c8

      Alpha architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_alpha.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 69860 45a8699a82fb7da43a4ca28f9579fb62

      ARM architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_arm.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 64018 0f2ac33af74901cd52d31cb23e2b5b4f

      Intel IA-32 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_i386.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 61822 35ede5adbfbdad30eb7ecdc1137f5f33

      Intel IA-64 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_ia64.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 79138 5ff4f9683dce6582219d4907c3f3bc5c

      HP Precision architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_hppa.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 68178 fa756bb317a7162ac9df2a0b0576ee9a

      Motorola 680x0 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_m68k.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 61204 6b32053cc307b3c9bfe4b3036fcab30f

      Big endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_mips.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 68402 b23adc954aaf6a23ac3e118d9c4150b6

      Little endian MIPS architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_mipsel.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 68338 061b40e0768f906db728cf9d3b8574e6

      PowerPC architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 64626 6f95af173c40cc7e2d00501d80c0e308

      IBM S/390 architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_s390.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 64706 42386e9b13539154f214a20c464b9988

      Sun Sparc architecture:

        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xsok/xsok_1.02-9woody2_sparc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 66278 4d061f87360819298c481eb17dd43881

      These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
      its next revision.

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