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by:
Larry W. Cashdollar
7.2
CVSS
HIGH
Buffer Overflow
119
CWE
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Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
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Platforms Tested: FreeBSD 3.3, Linux (Mandrake)
2001
Linux xsolider exploit
Certain versions of FreeBSD (3.3 Confirmed) and Linux (Mandrake confirmed) ship with a vulnerable binary in their X11 games package. The binary/game in question, xsoldier, is a setuid root binary meant to be run via an X windows console. The binary itself is subject to a buffer overflow attack (which may be launched from the command line) which can be launched to gain root privileges. The overflow itself is in the code written to handle the -display option and is possible to overflow by a user-supplied long string.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to the latest version of the software and apply the latest security patches.