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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Gentoo Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the network components of UFO2000 that could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200702-10
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: UFO2000: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: February 25, 2007
      Bugs: #142392
        ID: 200702-10

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the network components of
UFO2000 that could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

UFO2000 is a multi-player, turn-based tactical simulation.

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

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package                 /  Vulnerable  /               Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  games-strategy/ufo2000     < 0.7.1062                 >= 0.7.1062

Description
===========

Five vulnerabilities were found: a buffer overflow in recv_add_unit();
a problem with improperly trusting user-supplied string information in
decode_stringmap(); several issues with array manipulation via various
commands during play; an SQL injection in server_protocol.cpp; and
finally, a second buffer overflow in recv_map_data().

Impact
======

An attacker could send crafted network traffic as part of a
multi-player game that could result in remote code execution on the
remote opponent or the server. A remote attacker could also run
arbitrary SQL queries against the server account database, and perform
a Denial of Service on a remote opponent by causing the game to crash.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

UFO2000 currently depends on the dumb-0.9.2 library, which has been
removed from portage due to security problems (GLSA 200608-14) .
Because of this, UFO2000 has been masked, and we recommend unmerging
the package until the next beta release can remove the dependency on
dumb.

    # emerge --ask --verbose --unmerge ufo2000

References
==========

  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-3788
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3788
  [ 2 ] CVE-2006-3789
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3789
  [ 3 ] CVE-2006-3790
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3790
  [ 4 ] CVE-2006-3791
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3791
  [ 5 ] CVE-2006-3792
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3792
  [ 6 ] GLSA 200608-14
        http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-14.xml

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

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

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-10.xml

Concerns?
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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
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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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