Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0074 - Local Buffer Overrun vulnerability in Michael Bischoff Xsok 1.02

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
michael-bischoff
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2004-02-17
Updated: 2017-07-11

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in xsok 1.02 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a long LANG environment variable, or (2) a long -xsokdir command line argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0949.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Michael_Bischoff
1

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionXsok v1.02 "-xsokdir" local buffer overflow game exploit. CVE-2004-0074. Local exploit for linux platform
    idEDB-ID:140
    last seen2016-01-31
    modified2004-01-02
    published2004-01-02
    reporterc0wboy
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/140/
    titleXsok 1.02 - "-xsokdir" Local Buffer Overflow Game Exploit
  • descriptionXSOK 1.0 2 LANG Environment Variable Local Buffer Overrun Vulnerability. CVE-2004-0074. Local exploit for linux platform
    idEDB-ID:23510
    last seen2016-02-02
    modified2003-12-30
    published2003-12-30
    reporterN2n-Hacker
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/23510/
    titleXSOK 1.0 2 LANG Environment Variable Local Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-405.NASL
descriptionSteve Kemp discovered a problem in xsok, a single player strategy game for X11, related to the Sokoban game, which leads a user to execute arbitrary commands under the GID of games.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id15242
published2004-09-29
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/15242
titleDebian DSA-405-1 : xsok - missing privilege release
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-405. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(15242);
  script_version("1.22");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0949", "CVE-2004-0074");
  script_bugtraq_id(9321);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"405");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-405-1 : xsok - missing privilege release");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Steve Kemp discovered a problem in xsok, a single player strategy game
for X11, related to the Sokoban game, which leads a user to execute
arbitrary commands under the GID of games."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-405"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the xsok package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.02-9woody2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xsok");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2003/12/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2003/12/30");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"xsok", reference:"1.02-9woody2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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