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[DSA1102] DSA-1102-1 pinball

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1102-1 pinball

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that
pinball, a pinball simulator, can be tricked into loading level
tests from user-controlled directories without dropping rights.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain this package.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.1-3sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.1-6.
We recommend that you upgrade your pinball package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1102
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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