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[DSA400] DSA-400-1 omega-rpg

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-400-1 omega-rpg

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in the commandline and
environment variable handling of omega-rpg, a text-based rogue-style
game of dungeon exploration, which could lead a local attacker to gain
unauthorised access to the group games.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.90-pa9-7woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.90-pa9-11.
We recommend that you upgrade your omega-rpg package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-400
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9016

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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