MGASA-2018-0325

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    MGASA-2018-0325

    Published: 25 Jul 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated wesnoth packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can result in code execution outside the sandbox. This attack appear to be exploitable via Loading specially-crafted saved games, networked games, replays, and player content (CVE-2018-1999023). This is fixed in version 1.14.4, together with several non-security-related bug fixes and enhancements.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0325.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23338, https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/blob/1.14.4/changelog.md, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/22/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wesnoth

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/wesnoth?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.14.4-1.mga6

    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