MGASA-2015-0283

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    MGASA-2015-0283

    Published: 27 Jul 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated wesnoth packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Toom Lõhmus discovered that the Lua API and preprocessor in the Battle for Wesnoth game up to version 1.12.2 included could lead to client-side authentication information disclosure using maliciously crafted files with the .pdb extension (CVE-2015-5069, CVE-2015-5070). This issue has been fixed in version 1.12.4, which also provides a number of engine and gameplay-related bug fixes. See the referenced code and player changelogs for a detailed listing.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0283.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16208, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/12, http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=42776, http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=42775, https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/blob/bebd642f7d0b141dd9f0e4b0a566f5b07db6816b/changelog, https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/blob/bebd642f7d0b141dd9f0e4b0a566f5b07db6816b/players_changelog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wesnoth

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/wesnoth?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.12.4-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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