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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA856] DSA-856-1 py2play Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary DSA-856-1 py2play
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Arc Riley discovered that py2play, a peer-to-peer network game engine,
is able to execute arbitrary code received from the p2p game network
it is connected to without any security checks.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain py2play packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1.7-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1.8-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your py2play package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-856
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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