GTetrinet Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:6062

Info

GTetrinet Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 6062
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 29 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 29 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to Steve Kemp and James Antill.
Vulnerable: GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4.3
GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4.2
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc1
 + Gentoo Linux 1.2
GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0
GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4
Not Vulnerable: GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4.4

Discussion

GTetrinet Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

GTetrinet is a freely available, open source networked Tetris game client. It is available for Linux and Microsoft Windows systems.

Several problems have been reported in the GTetrinet client that could result in remote exploitation. Due to several bounds checking vulnerabilities in GTetrinet, the user of a vulnerable client could allow unintended actions on the part of a malicious server. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities by a malicious server could result in a denial of service, and potentially execution of arbitrary instructions in the security context of the user.

Exploit / POC

GTetrinet Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

GTetrinet Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Gentoo Linux has released an advisory. Users of app-games/gtetrinet-0.4.2 and earlier are advised to update their systems by issuing the following commands:

emerge rsync
emerge gtetrinet
emerge clean

Updates available:


GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4

GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4.1

GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4.2

GTetrinet GTetrinet 0.4.3

References

GTetrinet Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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