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Typespeed Network Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9051
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Release Date:
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2003-06-17
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Popularity:
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5,758 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Typespeed 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2003-0435
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Typespeed, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the network code. If the game is used in network mode, exploitation results in a heap overflow. This may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system with the privileges of the user running typespeed and the "games" group.
Solution:
Don't use the game in network mode.
Furthermore, games shouldn't be installed on production systems.
Provided and/or discovered by:
bazarr
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