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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-4642: Doomsday: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-4642: Doomsday: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/31/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long chat (PKT_CHAT) message that is not properly handled by the (1) D_NetPlayerEvent function in d_net.c or the (2) Msg_Write function in net_msg.c, or (3) many commands that are not properly handled by the NetSv_ReadCommands function in d_netsv.c; or (4) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a chat (PKT_CHAT) message without a final '\0' character.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-games-fps-doomsday

References

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