metadata/glsa/glsa-201402-07.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201402-07">
  <title>Freeciv: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in Freeciv may allow a remote attacker to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">freeciv</product>
  <announced>2014-02-06</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-02-06</revised>
  <bug>329949</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="games-strategy/freeciv" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Freeciv is an open-source empire building strategy game.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>The Lua component of Freeciv does not restrict which modules may be
      loaded by scenario scripts.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
      scenario file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or
      reading of arbitrary files with the privileges of the process.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Freeciv users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=games-strategy/freeciv-2.2.1"
    </code>
    
    <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
      available since July 26, 2010. It is likely that your system is already
      no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2445">CVE-2010-2445</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2011-10-11T22:27:04Z">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-02-06T14:16:02Z">
    creffett
  </metadata>
</glsa>