GLSA 200509-03: OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities
Date:	09/05/2005
Bugs:	#102631
ID:	200509-03

Synopsis

OpenTTD is vulnerable to format string vulnerabilities which may result in remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

OpenTTD is an open source clone of the simulation game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" by Microprose.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
games-simulation/openttd	< 0.4.0.1-r1	>= 0.4.0.1-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Alexey Dobriyan discovered several format string vulnerabilities in OpenTTD.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to crash the OpenTTD server or client and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running OpenTTD.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

All OpenTTD users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-simulation/openttd-0.4.0.1-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200509-03.xml

Concerns?

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