Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in cube, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Gentoo cube Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19199
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19199/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in cube, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA19110
SOLUTION:
Gentoo advises users to unmerge the "games-fps/cube" package.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-10.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19110:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19110/
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