GLSA 200604-05: Doomsday: Format string vulnerability

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Severity:	high
Title:	Doomsday: Format string vulnerability
Date:	04/06/2006
Bugs:	#128690
ID:	200604-05

Synopsis

Format string vulnerabilities in Doomsday may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Doomsday is a modern gaming engine for popular ID games like Doom, Heretic and Hexen.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
games-fps/doomsday	<= 1.9.0_beta4	>= 1.9.0_beta4	All supported architectures

Description

Luigi Auriemma discovered that Doomsday incorrectly implements formatted printing.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the Doomsday server or client by sending specially crafted strings.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Doomsday users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-fps/doomsday-1.9.0_beta4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-05.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.