Debian: DSA-3218-1: wesnoth-1.10 security update

Date 10 Apr 2015

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Ignacio R. Morelle discovered that missing path restrictions in the "Battle of Wesnoth" game could result in the disclosure of arbitrary files in the user's home directory if malicious campaigns/maps are loaded.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3218-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
April 10, 2015                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : wesnoth-1.10
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-0844

Ignacio R. Morelle discovered that missing path restrictions in the
"Battle of Wesnoth" game could result in the disclosure of arbitrary
files in the user's home directory if malicious campaigns/maps are
loaded.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.3-3+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.10.7-2 and in version 1:1.12.1-1 of the wesnoth-1.12
source package.

We recommend that you upgrade your wesnoth-1.10 packages.

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