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| <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>June 19, 2006</announced> |
| <revised>June 19, 2006: 01</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="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1515">CVE-2006-1515</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:01:54 +0000"> |
| falco |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jun 2006 05:10:07 +0000"> |
| frilled |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:23:54 +0000"> |
| falco |
| </metadata> |
| </glsa> |