CVE-2006-1539

NameCVE-2006-1539
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in the checkscores function in scores.c in tetris-bsd in bsd-games before 2.17-r1 in Gentoo Linux might allow local users with games group membership to gain privileges by modifying tetris-bsd.scores to contain crafted executable content, which is executed when another user launches tetris-bsd.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs361160

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bsdgames (PTS)buster, bullseye2.17-28fixed
bookworm2.17-29fixed
sid, trixie2.17-34fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bsdgamessource(unstable)2.17-6361160

Notes

[sarge] - bsdgames <no-dsa> (Minor impact)

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