<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200903-09"> <title>OpenTTD: Execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Multiple buffer overflows in OpenTTD might allow for the execution of arbitrary code in the server. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">openttd</product> <announced>March 07, 2009</announced> <revised>March 07, 2009: 01</revised> <bug>233929</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="games-simulation/openttd" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.6.3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.6.3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> OpenTTD is a clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. </p> </background> <description> <p> Multiple buffer overflows have been reported in OpenTTD, when storing long for client names (CVE-2008-3547), in the TruncateString function in src/gfx.cpp (CVE-2008-3576) and in src/openttd.cpp when processing a large filename supplied to the "-g" parameter in the ttd_main function (CVE-2008-3577). </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> An authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the 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-0.6.3"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3547">CVE-2008-3547</uri> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3576">CVE-2008-3576</uri> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3577">CVE-2008-3577</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:13:14 +0000"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:07:08 +0000"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:08:05 +0000"> rbu </metadata> </glsa>