DSA-1737-1 wesnoth -- several vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-0366   CVE-2009-0367  

Several security issues have been discovered in wesnoth, a fantasy turn-based strategy game. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2009-0366 Daniel Franke discovered that the wesnoth server is prone to a denial of service attack when receiving special crafted compressed data. CVE-2009-0367 Daniel Franke discovered that the sandbox implementation for the python AIs can be used to execute arbitrary python code on wesnoth clients. In order to prevent this issue, the python support has been disabled. A compatibility patch was included, so that the affected campagne is still working properly. For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.4-2+lenny1. For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2-5. For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.7-4. We recommend that you upgrade your wesnoth packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1737-1 wesnoth -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
11 Mar 2009
Affected Packages:
wesnoth
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-0366, CVE-2009-0367.
More information:

Several security issues have been discovered in wesnoth, a fantasy turn-based strategy game. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2009-0366

    Daniel Franke discovered that the wesnoth server is prone to a denial of service attack when receiving special crafted compressed data.

  • CVE-2009-0367

    Daniel Franke discovered that the sandbox implementation for the python AIs can be used to execute arbitrary python code on wesnoth clients. In order to prevent this issue, the python support has been disabled. A compatibility patch was included, so that the affected campagne is still working properly.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.4-2+lenny1.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2-5.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.7-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your wesnoth packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-data_1.2-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-music_1.2-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-tsg_1.2-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-trow_1.2-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-ttb_1.2-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-ei_1.2-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-utbs_1.2-5_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-httt_1.2-5_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_ia64.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.2-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.2-5_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.2-5_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-ttb_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-utbs_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-aoi_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-ei_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-trow_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-music_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-sof_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-thot_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-did_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-data_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-tsg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-sotbe_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-httt_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-l_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-tools_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-all_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-nr_1.4.4-2+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-editor_1.4.4-2+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-server_1.4.4-2+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.4-2+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth-dbg_1.4.4-2+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.