--nextPart2456237.euqro6bFNB Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200604-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Doomsday: Format string vulnerability Date: April 06, 2006 Bugs: #128690 ID: 200604-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Format string vulnerabilities in Doomsday may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== Doomsday is a modern gaming engine for popular ID games like Doom, Heretic and Hexen. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 games-fps/doomsday <= 1.8.6-r1 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 =========== Luigi Auriemma discovered that Doomsday incorrectly implements formatted printing. Impact ====== A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the Doomsday server or client by sending specially crafted strings. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== Doomsday has been masked in Portage pending the resolution of these issues. All Doomsday users are advised to uninstall the package until further notice. # emerge --ask --verbose --unmerge games-fps/doomsday References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-1618 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1618 [ 2 ] Original advisory by Luigi Auriemma http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doomsdayfs-adv.txt Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-05.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 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/2.0 --nextPart2456237.euqro6bFNB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBENH5CEpc7MgVybcQRAlEoAKCCXZKz5Ma0VpUhwHL+A6PltnfnewCeKJHX +FEFWy3IbOWhkwgy8rE5Pro= =cBNn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2456237.euqro6bFNB--