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Py2Play Game Engine Arbitrary Python Code Execution Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16855
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Release Date:
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2005-09-19
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Popularity:
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5,764 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 local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Py2Play 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2875
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Description:
Arc Riley has reported a vulnerability in Py2Play, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused to a design error in the handling of serialized Python objects (pickles) sent from other clients. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary Python code in a network game that uses Py2Play, via specially crafted classes.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.1.7. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerability has been fixed in the CVS repositories by disabling network support.
Play network games only when connected to trusted networks.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Arc Riley
Original Advisory:
Gentoo Bugzilla:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103524
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