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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200302-08 |
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PACKAGE : nethack |
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SUMMARY : buffer overflow |
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DATE : 2003-02-18 09:10 UTC |
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EXPLOIT : local |
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Overflowing a buffer in nethack may lead to privelige escalation to |
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games uid. |
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Read the full advisory at: |
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http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104489201032144&w=2 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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app-games/nethack upgrade to nethack-3.4.0-r6 as follows: |
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emerge sync |
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emerge -u nethack |
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emerge clean |
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