TITLE:
Gentoo cube Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19199

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19199/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in cube, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA19110

SOLUTION:
Gentoo advises users to unmerge the "games-fps/cube" package.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-10.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19110:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19110/

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