CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1539

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the checkscores function in scores.c of tetris-bsd in bsd-games before version 2.17-r1 on Gentoo Linux allow local users with games group membership to modify tetris-bsd.scores with crafted executable content, which executes when another user launches tetris-bsd.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with games group membership can escalate privileges by executing arbitrary code in the context of another user running tetris-bsd, compromising system confidentiality and integrity.

Recommendation

Update bsd-games to version 2.17-r1 or later and restrict permissions on tetris-bsd.scores to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS