GLSA 200511-12: Scorched 3D: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Scorched 3D: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/15/2005
Bugs:	#111421
ID:	200511-12

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in Scorched 3D allow a remote attacker to deny service or execute arbitrary code on game servers.

Background

Scorched 3D is a clone of the classic "Scorched Earth" DOS game, adding features like a 3D island environment and Internet multiplayer capabilities.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
games-strategy/scorched3d	<= 39.1	>= 40	All supported architectures

Description

Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple flaws in the Scorched 3D game server, including a format string vulnerability and several buffer overflows.

Impact

A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to crash a game server or execute arbitrary code with the rights of the game server user. Users not running a Scorched 3D game server are not affected by these flaws.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Scorched 3D users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-strategy/scorched3d-40"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200511-12.xml

Concerns?

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