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A vulnerability was found in lgames lbreakout2 up to 2.2.2. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file editor.c. The manipulation of the argument HOME
as part of a Environment Variable leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in lbreakout2 allows local users to gain games group privileges via a large HOME environment variable to (1) editor.c, (2) theme.c, (3) manager.c, (4) config.c, (5) game.c, (6) levels.c, or (7) main.c.
The bug was discovered 02/21/2004. The weakness was released 03/29/2004 by Ulf Harnhammar (Website). The advisory is available at marc.info. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0158. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15282 (Debian DSA-445-1 : lbreakout2 - buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15229) and Tenable (15282).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 15282
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-445-1 : lbreakout2 - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 53147
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 445-1 (lbreakout2)
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Sources
Advisory: marc.infoResearcher: Ulf Harnhammar
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0158 (🔍)
X-Force: 15229
Vulnerability Center: 21917 - Lgames Lbreakout2 Before 2.4beta-2 Local Privileges Escalation Vulnerability via Large HOME Variable, Medium
SecurityFocus: 9712 - LGames LBreakout2 Multiple Environment Variable Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilites
OSVDB: 4025 - LBreakout2 HOME environment variable buffer overflow
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 10/15/2014 17:08Updated: 09/03/2019 07:27
Changes: 10/15/2014 17:08 (76), 09/03/2019 07:27 (5)
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