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atari800: buffer overflows

Package(s):

atari800

CVE #(s):

CAN-2003-0630

Created:

August 1, 2003

Updated:

September 2, 2003

Description:

Steve Kemp discovered multiple buffer overflows in atari800, an Atari emulator. In order to directly access graphics hardware, one of the affected programs is setuid root. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges.

Alerts:

Gentoo	200309-07	2003-09-02
Debian	DSA-359-1	2003-07-31

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