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Gentoo: 200903-09 High: OpenTTD Arbitrary Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey March 7, 2009
Scroller Gentoo
The OpenTTD package in Gentoo has critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities that may allow arbitrary code execution. An immediate update is strongly recommended
Multiple buffer overflows in OpenTTD might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in the server.

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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 ======= Multiple buffer overflows in OpenTTD might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in the server.
Background ========= OpenTTD is a clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 games-simulation/openttd < 0.6.3 >= 0.6.3
========== 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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