[Full-Disclosure] Re: atari800 (200309-07)

[- o s g o -]

I think it's wonderful that in today's world, whenever we want to play:
"Pong" or "Claim Jumper," circa 1982, there's always someone out of the last
5 remaining earth-bound gamers warning us about a BO, r00ting the box and
possibly turning the Atari800 emulator into an Intellivision.®   Or worse.

I'm deeply encouraged that the last of the "Great Five Players" can safely
continue their gaming experience.   Just don't mess with "Pole Position...."
That's where I draw the line, OK?

Warmest personal regards,
-osgo

> PACKAGE : atari800
> SUMMARY : buffer overflow
> DATE : 2003-09-02 14:03 UTC
> EXPLOIT : local
> VERSIONS AFFECTED : <atari800-1.3.0-r1
> FIXED VERSION : >=atari800-1.3.0-r1
> CVE : CAN-2003-0630
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> atar800 contains a buffer overflow which could be used by an attacker
> to gain root privileges. Altough the atari800 package in Gentoo does not
> install any files suid root we encourage our users to upgrade.