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Unscored CVE-2017-6903 EUVD-2017-15957GHSA-hcjf-mh94-fp2w

In ioquake3 before 2017-03-14, the auto-downloading feature has insufficient content restrictions. This also affects Quake III Arena, OpenA…

Published Mar 14, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

In ioquake3 before 2017-03-14, the auto-downloading feature has insufficient content restrictions. This also affects Quake III Arena, OpenArena, OpenJK, iortcw, and other id Tech 3 (aka Quake 3 engine) forks. A malicious auto-downloaded file can trigger loading of crafted auto-downloaded files as native code DLLs. A malicious auto-downloaded file can contain configuration defaults that override the user's. Executable bytecode in a malicious auto-downloaded file can set configuration variables to values that will result in unwanted native code DLLs being loaded, resulting in sandbox escape.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 ioquake3 1.36+u20161101+dfsg1-2 —
Debian 14 iortcw 1.50a+dfsg1-3 —
Debian 13 ioquake3 1.36+u20161101+dfsg1-2 —
Debian 13 iortcw 1.50a+dfsg1-3 —
Debian 12 ioquake3 1.36+u20161101+dfsg1-2 —
Debian 12 iortcw 1.50a+dfsg1-3 —
Debian 8 ioquake3 1.36+u20140802+gca9eebb-2+deb8u1 DSA-3812-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ioquake3 No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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