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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200711-20

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200711-20
Posted Nov 30, 2007
Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory [ERRATA UPDATE] GLSA 200711-20:04 - Roland Clobus discovered that the Pioneers server may free sessions objects while they are still in use, resulting in access to invalid memory zones. Bas Wijnen discovered an error when closing connections which can lead to a failed assertion. Versions less than 0.11.3-r1 are affected.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, gentoo
advisories | CVE-2007-5933, CVE-2007-6010
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200711-20

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Severity: Normal
Title: Pioneers: Multiple Denials of Service
Date: November 14, 2007
Updated: November 29, 2007
Bugs: #198807
ID: 200711-20:04

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Errata
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The fixed ebuild proposed in the original version of this Security
Advisory did not address all the vulnerabilities of the Pioneers package.
All users of the Pioneers package should upgrade to
games-board/pioneers-0.11.3-r1.

The corrected sections appear below.

Synopsis
========

Two Denial of Service vulnerabilities were discovered in Pioneers.


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

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 games-board/pioneers < 0.11.3-r1 >= 0.11.3-r1

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).

Resolution
==========

All Pioneers users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-board/pioneers-0.11.3-r1"

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-5933
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5933
[ 2 ] CVE-2007-6010
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6010

Availability
============

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-20.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
=======

Copyright 2007 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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