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TITLE:
Robocode AWT Event Queue Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30043

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30043/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Robocode 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16947/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Robocode, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to the robot being able to access
the internals of the Robocode game via the AWT Event Queue.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.6.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.6.0.
http://robocode.sourceforge.net/download

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=596393

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