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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-07 Moderate: Quake 4 Engine Memory Leak Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2006
Scroller Gentoo
Gentoo GLSA-202210-15 recommends that players of Quake 3 engine titles apply updates to mitigate potential buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
The Quake 3 engine has a vulnerability that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-12 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Quake 3 engine based games: Buffer Overflow Date: May 10, 2006 Bugs: #132377 ID: 200605-12

Synopsis ======= The Quake 3 engine has a vulnerability that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background ========= Quake 3 is a multiplayer first person shooter.
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