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Gentoo: GLSA-200606-20 High: Typespeed Remote Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey June 19, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical Gentoo GLSA 202310-15 patch for Typespeed's potential remote exploit threat assigned high priority.
A buffer overflow in the network code of Typespeed can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200606-20 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: Typespeed: Remote execution of arbitrary code Date: June 19, 2006 Bugs: #135071 ID: 200606-20

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow in the network code of Typespeed can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Typespeed is a game to test and practice 10-finger-typing. Network code allows two users to compete head-to-head.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 games-misc/typespeed < 0.5.0 >= 0.5.0
========== Niko Tyni discovered a buffer overflow in the addnewword() function of Typespeed's network code.
Impact ===== By sending speciall...

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