<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200609-03"> <title>OpenTTD: Remote Denial of service</title> <synopsis> The OpenTTD server is vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">openttd</product> <announced>2006-09-06</announced> <revised count="01">2006-09-06</revised> <bug>131010</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="games-simulation/openttd" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.4.8</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.4.8</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> OpenTTD is a clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. </p> </background> <description> <p> OpenTTD is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a flaw in the manner the game server handles errors in command packets. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An authenticated attacker can cause a Denial of Service by sending an invalid error number to a vulnerable OpenTTD server. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All OpenTTD users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-simulation/openttd-0.4.8"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1998">CVE-2006-1998</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1999">CVE-2006-1999</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-09-05T13:05:28Z"> jaervosz </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-09-05T18:04:07Z"> daxomatic </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-09-06T14:54:55Z"> jaervosz </metadata> </glsa>