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TITLE:
OpenTTD "TruncateString()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31350

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31350/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenTTD 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5664/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenTTD, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
or to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"TruncateString()" function in src/gfx.cpp. This can be exploited to
potentially cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted string.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.6.2.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.6.2.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=617243

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