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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200901-06 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Tremulous: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code |
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Date: January 11, 2009 |
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Bugs: #222119 |
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ID: 200901-06 |
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Synopsis |
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Tremulous. |
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Background |
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Tremulous is a team-based First Person Shooter game. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 games-fps/tremulous < 1.1.0-r2 >= 1.1.0-r2 |
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2 games-fps/tremulous-bin < 1.1.0 Vulnerable! |
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate |
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to another package if one is available or wait for the |
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existing packages to be marked stable by their |
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architecture maintainers. |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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It has been reported that Tremulous includes a vulnerable version of |
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the ioQuake3 engine (GLSA 200605-12, CVE-2006-2236). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious games |
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server, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the |
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privileges of the user running the application. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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Tremulous users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-fps/tremulous-1.1.0-r2" |
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Note: The binary version of Tremulous has been removed from the Portage |
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tree. |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-2236 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2236 |
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[ 2 ] GLSA 200605-12 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-12.xml |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-06.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |