Gentoo: 200903-09 High: OpenTTD Arbitrary Code Execution Threat
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March 7, 2009
Multiple buffer overflows in OpenTTD might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in the server.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-09
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: OpenTTD: Execution of arbitrary code
Date: March 07, 2009
Bugs: #233929
ID: 200903-09
Synopsis
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Multiple buffer overflows in OpenTTD might allow for the execution of
arbitrary code in the server.
Background
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OpenTTD is a clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 games-simulation/openttd < 0.6.3 >= 0.6.3
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Multiple buffer overflows have been reported in OpenTTD, when storing
long for client names (CVE-2008-3547), in the TruncateString function
in src/gfx.cpp (CVE-2008-3576) and in src/openttd.cpp when p...
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