CVE-2006-1539 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple 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.

Published: 2006-03-30

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bsd-games:tetris-bsd:gold:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-1543	Multiple 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00864.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122399
http://secunia.com/advisories/19442
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-26.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/24261
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17308
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25611

History

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Subscriptions

Bsd-games Tetris-bsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-03-30T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:19:48.441Z

Reserved: 2006-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1539

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-03-30T11:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-1539

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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