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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-09

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Severity: High
Title: Py2Play: Remote execution of arbitrary Python code
Date: September 17, 2005
Bugs: #103524
ID: 200509-09

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Synopsis

A design error in Py2Play allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Py2Play is a peer-to-peer network game engine written in Python.
Pickling is a Python feature allowing to serialize Python objects into
string representations (called pickles) that can be sent over the
network.

Affected packages

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 Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
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1 dev-python/py2play <= 0.1.7 Vulnerable!
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NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.

Description

Arc Riley discovered that Py2Play uses Python pickles to send objects
over a peer-to-peer game network, and that clients accept without
restriction the objects and code sent by peers.

Impact

A remote attacker participating in a Py2Play-powered game can send
malicious Python pickles, resulting in the execution of arbitrary
Python code on the targeted game client.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

The Py2Play package has been hard-masked prior to complete removal from
Portage, and current users are advised to unmerge the package:

# emerge --unmerge  dev-python/py2play

References

[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2875
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2875

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200509-09.xml

Concerns?

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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