Vulnerability in Joey Hess Bsdgames
CVE-2006-1744
Buffer overflow in pl_main.c in sail in BSDgames before 2.17-7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long player name that is used in a scanf function call.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Joey Hess Bsdgames — versions 2.9, 2.12, 2.13
References
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.pulltheplug.org/fu/
- securityreason.com/securityalert/736 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1036 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17401 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/19687 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/24634 (Patch, vdb-entry)