CVE-2006-1744 Affecting bsdgames package, versions <2.17-7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BSDGAMES-266616
  • published12 Apr 2006
  • disclosed12 Apr 2006

Introduced: 12 Apr 2006

CVE-2006-1744  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable bsdgames to version 2.17-7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bsdgames package and not the bsdgames package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in pl_main.c in sail in BSDgames before 2.17-7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long player name that is used in a scanf function call.

CVSS Scores

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