Phase:Buffer overflow in xconq and cconq game programs on Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain additional privileges via long USER environmental variable.
ReferencesBUGTRAQ:Thursday, June 22, 2000 RHL 6.2 xconq package - overflows yield gid games | URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0222.html
Votes:Proposed (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)
Comments: ACCEPT(2) Cole, Levy | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(4) Magdych, Christey, LeBlanc, Wall
F7: Frech> XF:xconq-elevate-privileges(4995) | Christey> ADDREF BID:1495 | ADDREF URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1495 | CHANGE> [Levy changed vote from REVIEWING to ACCEPT] | CHANGE> [Magdych changed vote from REVIEWING to NOOP]