GLSA 200901-06: Tremulous: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Tremulous: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date:	01/11/2009
Bugs:	#222119
ID:	200901-06

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Tremulous.

Background

Tremulous is a team-based First Person Shooter game.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
games-fps/tremulous	< 1.1.0-r2	>= 1.1.0-r2	All supported architectures
games-fps/tremulous-bin	< 1.1.0		All supported architectures

Description

It has been reported that Tremulous includes a vulnerable version of the ioQuake3 engine (GLSA 200605-12, CVE-2006-2236).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious games server, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Tremulous users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-fps/tremulous-1.1.0-r2"

Note: The binary version of Tremulous has been removed from the Portage tree.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-06.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.