GLSA Advocate
Joined: 12 May 2004 Posts: 2663
|
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 201311-01 ] Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution |
|
|
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201311-01)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: November 04, 2013
Bug(s): #326141
ID: 201311-01
Synopsis
An unspecified vulnerability in Mednafen could result in the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
Mednafen is an advanced NES, GB/GBC/GBA, TurboGrafx 16/CD, NGPC and Lynx
emulator.
Affected Packages
Package: games-emulation/mednafen
Vulnerable: < 0.8.13
Unaffected: >= 0.8.13
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
An unspecified vulnerability has been discovered in Mednafen when using
network play.
Impact
A remote server could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Mednafen users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-emulation/mednafen-0.8.13"
|
References
CVE-2010-3085 |
|