GLSA 201311-01: Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution

Severity:normal
Title:Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution
Date:11/04/2013
Bugs: #326141
ID:201311-01

Synopsis

An unspecified vulnerability in Mednafen could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Mednafen is an advanced NES, GB/GBC/GBA, TurboGrafx 16/CD, NGPC and Lynx emulator.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
games-emulation/mednafen < 0.8.13 >= 0.8.13 All supported architectures

Description

An unspecified vulnerability has been discovered in Mednafen when using network play.

Impact

A remote server could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mednafen users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-emulation/mednafen-0.8.13"
    

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-01.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.

License

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