GLSA 200711-20: Pioneers: Multiple Denials of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Pioneers: Multiple Denials of Service |
| Date: | 11/14/2007 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200711-20 |
Synopsis
Two Denial of Service vulnerabilities were discovered in Pioneers.Background
Pioneers (formerly gnocatan) is a clone of the popular board game "The Settlers of Catan".
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| games-board/pioneers | < 0.11.3-r1 | >= 0.11.3-r1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Roland Clobus discovered that the Pioneers server may free sessions objects while they are still in use, resulting in access to invalid memory zones (CVE-2007-5933). Bas Wijnen discovered an error when closing connections which can lead to a failed assertion (CVE-2007-6010).
Impact
A remote attacker could send specially crafted data to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Pioneers users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-board/pioneers-0.11.3-r1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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