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Gentoo: 200711-20 Normal: Pioneers Denial of Service Risk

A vulnerability has been discovered in Pioneers, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Pioneers: Denial of Service Date: November 14, 2007 Bugs: #198807 ID: 200711-20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= A vulnerability has been discovered in Pioneers, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service. Background ========= Pioneers (formerly gnocatan) is a clone of the popular board game "The Settlers of Catan". Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 games-board/pioneers < 0.11.3 > = 0.11.3 Description ========== Bas Wijnen discovered that the Pioneers server may free sessions objects while they are still in use, resulting in access to invalid memory zones. Impact ===== A remote attacker could send specially crafted data to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All Pioneers users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =games-board/pioneers-0.11.3" References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5933 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5933 Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-20 Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/. License ====== Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - iD8DBQFHO3KAuhJ+ozIKI5gRAuqNAJ4qsKRL2X+QAwHrfYVd2a+XG8iuzQCgnWNu usSD3uazJ2TJkCor/qlCu3k=7Cf4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . A weakness in Explorers might enable Denial of Service assaults. Users are advised to update.. Pioneers Denial of Service,Gentoo Security Advisory,Vulnerability Resolution. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 14, 2007 Gentoo