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typespeed: buffer overflow

Package(s):

typespeed

CVE #(s):

Created:

January 1, 2003

Updated:

June 17, 2003

Description:

A problem has been discovered in the typespeed, a game that lets you measure your typematic speed. By overflowing a buffer a local attacker could execute arbitrary commands under the group id games.

Alerts:

Debian	DSA-322-1	2003-06-16
Debian	DSA-217-1	2002-12-27

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