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Debian: DSA-3940-1 Critical: iortcw Buffer Overflow DoS Threat

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-3940-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 13, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : iortcw 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 stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.50a+dfsg1-3+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your iortcw 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. . A critical vulnerability identified in the Quake III engine may lead to denial of service attacks. Users running Debian are urged to install the latest security update.. Buffer Overflow, Idtech3, Quake III Arena, Denial of Service. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 13, 2017 •Critical Debian