Tremulous: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200901-06 / tremulous tremulous-bin
Release Date	January 11, 2009
Latest Revision	January 11, 2009: 01
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
games-fps/tremulous	< 1.1.0-r2	>= 1.1.0-r2	All supported architectures
games-fps/tremulous-bin	< 1.1.0		All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #222119

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Tremulous.

2. Impact Information

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.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Tremulous users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# 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.

4. References

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