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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-20.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-20.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2a799106b3a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-20.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200606-20"> + <title>Typespeed: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + A buffer overflow in the network code of Typespeed can lead to the + execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">typespeed</product> + <announced>2006-06-19</announced> + <revised count="01">2006-06-19</revised> + <bug>135071</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="games-misc/typespeed" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.5.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Typespeed is a game to test and practice 10-finger-typing. Network code + allows two users to compete head-to-head. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Niko Tyni discovered a buffer overflow in the addnewword() function of + Typespeed's network code. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + By sending specially crafted network packets to a machine running + Typespeed in multiplayer mode, a remote attacker can execute arbitrary + code with the permissions of the user running the game. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Do not run Typespeed in multiplayer mode. There is no known workaround + at this time for multiplayer mode. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Typespeed users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-misc/typespeed-0.5.0"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1515">CVE-2006-1515</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-06-11T22:01:54Z"> + falco + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-06-13T05:10:07Z"> + frilled + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-06-18T12:23:54Z"> + falco + </metadata> +</glsa> |