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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201311-01 ] Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution

Posted on 04 November 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201311-01
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mednafen: Arbitrary code execution
Date: November 04, 2013
Bugs: #326141
ID: 201311-01

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Synopsis
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An unspecified vulnerability in Mednafen could result in the execution
of arbitrary code.

Background
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Mednafen is an advanced NES, GB/GBC/GBA, TurboGrafx 16/CD, NGPC and
Lynx emulator.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 games-emulation/mednafen
< 0.8.13 >= 0.8.13

Description
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An unspecified vulnerability has been discovered in Mednafen when using
network play.

Impact
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A remote server could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
process.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Mednafen users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=games-emulation/mednafen-0.8.13"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3085
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3085

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-01.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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