[ GLSA 200608-16 ] Warzone 2100 Resurrection: Multiple buffer overflows

[Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200608-16
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  Severity: High
     Title: Warzone 2100 Resurrection: Multiple buffer overflows
      Date: August 10, 2006
      Bugs: #142389
        ID: 200608-16

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Synopsis
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Warzone 2100 Resurrection server and client are vulnerable to separate
buffer overflows, potentially allowing remote code execution.

Background
==========

Warzone 2100 Resurrection is a real-time strategy game, developed by
Pumpkin Studios and published by Eidos Interactive.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package                     /  Vulnerable  /           Unaffected
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  1  games-strategy/warzone2100      <= 2.0.3              Vulnerable!
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
           to another package if one is available or wait for the
           existing packages to be marked stable by their
           architecture maintainers.

Description
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Luigi Auriemma discovered two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in
Warzone 2100 Resurrection. The recvTextMessage function of the Warzone
2100 Resurrection server and the NETrecvFile function of the client use
insufficiently sized buffers.

Impact
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A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending
specially crafted input to the server, or enticing a user to load a
specially crafted file from a malicious server. This may result in the
execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running
Warzone 2100 Resurrection.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround for this issue.

Resolution
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Warzone 2100 Resurrection has been masked in Portage pending the
resolution of these issues. Warzone 2100 Resurrection players are
advised to uninstall the package until further notice:
    # emerge --ask --unmerge "games-strategy/warzone2100"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-3849
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3849

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-16.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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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