diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-09.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-09.xml | 69 |
1 files changed, 69 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-09.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-09.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..53b5edb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-09.xml @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200509-09"> + <title>Py2Play: Remote execution of arbitrary Python code</title> + <synopsis> + A design error in Py2Play allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">py2play</product> + <announced>September 17, 2005</announced> + <revised>September 05, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>103524</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-python/py2play" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.1.8</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">0.1.7</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Py2Play is a peer-to-peer network game engine written in Python. + Pickling is a Python feature allowing to serialize Python objects into + string representations (called pickles) that can be sent over the + network. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Arc Riley discovered that Py2Play uses Python pickles to send objects + over a peer-to-peer game network, and that clients accept without + restriction the objects and code sent by peers. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="high"> + <p> + A remote attacker participating in a Py2Play-powered game can send + malicious Python pickles, resulting in the execution of arbitrary + Python code on the targeted game client. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All py2play users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/py2play-0.1.8"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2875">CAN-2005-2875</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:02:17 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:59:59 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:47:34 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |