GLSA 201706-23: Urban Terror: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Urban Terror: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/22/2017
Bugs:	#606702
ID:	201706-23

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Urban Terror, the worst of which allows for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Urban Terror is a free multiplayer first person shooter developed by FrozenSand, that will run on any Quake III Arena compatible engine.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
games-fps/urbanterror	< 4.3.2_p20170426	>= 4.3.2_p20170426	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Urban Terror. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious server or leverage Man-in-the-Middle attacks to cause the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Urban Terror users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=games-fps/urbanterror-4.3.2_p20170426"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201706-23.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.