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From: Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201311-01 ] Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:57:45
Message-Id: 52778B06.2030300@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201311-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution
9 Date: November 04, 2013
10 Bugs: #326141
11 ID: 201311-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 An unspecified vulnerability in Mednafen could result in the execution
19 of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Mednafen is an advanced NES, GB/GBC/GBA, TurboGrafx 16/CD, NGPC and
25 Lynx emulator.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 games-emulation/mednafen
34 < 0.8.13 >= 0.8.13
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36 Description
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39 An unspecified vulnerability has been discovered in Mednafen when using
40 network play.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote server could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
46 process.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Mednafen users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=games-emulation/mednafen-0.8.13"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-3085
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3085
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-01.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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