MGASA-2023-0212 - Updated xonotic packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 28 Jun 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0212.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8

A bug was discovered in versions older than 0.8.6 that is believed to be
exploitable by malicious server admins to crash clients or, if they defeat
mitigations, execute arbitrary code. No working exploit code is known to
exist at this time,
See referenced release notes for other changes.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32038
- https://xonotic.org/posts/2023/xonotic-0-8-6-release/

SRPMS:
- 8/core/xonotic-0.8.6-1.mga8

Mageia 2023-0212: xonotic security update

A bug was discovered in versions older than 0.8.6 that is believed to be exploitable by malicious server admins to crash clients or, if they defeat mitigations, execute arbitrary c...

Summary

A bug was discovered in versions older than 0.8.6 that is believed to be exploitable by malicious server admins to crash clients or, if they defeat mitigations, execute arbitrary code. No working exploit code is known to exist at this time, See referenced release notes for other changes.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32038

- https://xonotic.org/posts/2023/xonotic-0-8-6-release/

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0212 - Updated xonotic packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/xonotic-0.8.6-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 28 Jun 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0212.html
Type: security

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