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Debian: DSA-3948-1 Moderate: ioquake3 Denial Of Service

A read buffer overflow was discovered in the idtech3 (Quake III Arena) family of game engines. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted packet. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3948-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 19, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : ioquake3 CVE ID : CVE-2017-11721 A read buffer overflow was discovered in the idtech3 (Quake III Arena) family of game engines. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted packet. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.36+u20140802+gca9eebb-2+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.36+u20161101+dfsg1-2+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your ioquake3 packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Keep updated on the latest Debian DSA-3949-2 notice concerning the libcurl security flaw and potential exploitation threats.. Debian Security Advisory, ioquake3 Update, Denial of Service, Buffer Overflow. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 19, 2017 Debian