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Gentoo: GLSA-200503-24 Critical: LTris Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2005
Scroller Gentoo
LTris on Gentoo has a vulnerability due to a buffer overflow issue. It's critical to keep your system updated to mitigate risks associated with unintended code execution.
LTris is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-24 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: LTris: Buffer overflow Date: March 20, 2005 Bugs: #85770 ID: 200503-24

Synopsis ======= LTris is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= LTris is a Tetris clone.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 games-puzzle/ltris < 1.0.10 >= 1.0.10
========== LTris is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when reading the global highscores file.
Impact ===== By modifying the global highscores file a malicious user could trick another user to execute arbitrary code.
Workaround ========= There is n...

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