Debian alert: New xsok packages fix local group games exploit

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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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Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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