CVE-2007-4642

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200802-2

Posted Feb 6, 2008

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200802-02 - Luigi Auriemma discovered multiple buffer overflows in the D_NetPlayerEvent() function, the Msg_Write() function and the NetSv_ReadCommands() function. He also discovered errors when handling chat messages that are not NULL-terminated (CVE-2007-4642) or contain a short data length, triggering an integer underflow (CVE-2007-4643). Furthermore a format string vulnerability was discovered in the Cl_GetPackets() function when processing PSV_CONSOLE_TEXT messages (CVE-2007-4644). Versions less than or equal to 1.9.0-beta5.2 are affected.

tags | advisory, overflow

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2007-4642, CVE-2007-4643, CVE-2007-4644

SHA-256 | eaa061d64b695f84a7e77d113250243eabc4fd57ed8273f7d1d6a82cdd7bf0be

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