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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3576: OpenTTD: Execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3576: OpenTTD: Execution of arbitrary code

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/10/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Buffer overflow in the TruncateString function in src/gfx.cpp in OpenTTD before 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-games-simulation-openttd

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