OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities — GLSA 200509-03

OpenTTD is vulnerable to format string vulnerabilities which may result in remote execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

games-simulation/openttd on all architectures
Affected versions < 0.4.0.1-r1
Unaffected versions >= 0.4.0.1-r1

Background

OpenTTD is an open source clone of the simulation game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" by Microprose.

Description

Alexey Dobriyan discovered several format string vulnerabilities in OpenTTD.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to crash the OpenTTD server or client and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running OpenTTD.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

All OpenTTD users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-simulation/openttd-0.4.0.1-r1"

References

Release date
September 05, 2005

Latest revision
May 22, 2006: 02

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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