Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1001-1 crossfire -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
14 Mar 2006
Affected Packages:
crossfire
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1010.
More information:

It was discovered that Crossfire, a multiplayer adventure game, performs insufficient bounds checking on network packets when run in "oldsocketmode", which may possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0-1woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.0-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your crossfire packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire_1.1.0-1woody1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire_1.1.0-1woody1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire_1.1.0.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-doc_1.1.0-1woody1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.1.0-1woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.1.0-1woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire_1.6.0.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-doc_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-edit_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/crossfire/crossfire-server_1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.