Executive Summary

Summary
Title Tremulous: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200901-06 First vendor Publication 2009-01-11
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2009-01-11
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Tremulous.

Background

Tremulous is a team-based First Person Shooter game.

Description

It has been reported that Tremulous includes a vulnerable version of the ioQuake3 engine (GLSA 200605-12, CVE-2006-2236).

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious games server, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Tremulous users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-fps/tremulous-1.1.0-r2"

Note: The binary version of Tremulous has been removed from the Portage tree.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2006-2236 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2236
[ 2 ] GLSA 200605-12 : http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-12.xml

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-06.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-06.xml

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-01-13 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200901-06 (tremulous tremulous-bin)
File : nvt/glsa_200901_06.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200605-12 (quake)
File : nvt/glsa_200605_12.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
25279 Quake 3 Engine remapShader Command Overflow

A remote overflow exists in the Quake 3 Engine. The Quake 3 Engine fails to perform proper bounds checking of the 'remapShader' command resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-01-12 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200901-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-05-13 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200605-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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