Title: FreeBSD and Linux Mandrake 'xsoldier' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
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.
The user does not have to have a valid $DISPLAY to exploit this.
Affected Products:
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.3.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.0.0
References:
- FreeBSD: FreeBSD Security Information
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