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From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200509-03 ] OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:32:39
Message-Id: 431C6EDA.5010804@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-03
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 05, 2005
10 Bugs: #102631
11 ID: 200509-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 OpenTTD is vulnerable to format string vulnerabilities which may result
19 in remote execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 OpenTTD is an open source clone of the simulation game "Transport
25 Tycoon Deluxe" by Microprose.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 games-simulation/openttd < 0.4.0.1-r1 >= 0.4.0.1-r1
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35 Description
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38 Alexey Dobriyan discovered several format string vulnerabilities in
39 OpenTTD.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to crash the
45 OpenTTD server or client and possibly execute arbitrary code with the
46 rights of the user running OpenTTD.
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48 Workaround
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51 There are no known workarounds at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All OpenTTD users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
60 ">=games-simulation/openttd-0.4.0.1-r1"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CAN-2005-2763
66 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2763
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200509-03.xml
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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