ports/55424: Potential high risk security problem in ports/games/halflifeserver

[Kang Liu]

>Number:         55424
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Potential high risk security problem in
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 09 09:50:16 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kang Liu
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Beijing University of Technology
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD testipfw.bjpu.edu.cn 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #8: Mon 
Aug 4 23:37:18 CST 2003 root at testipfw.bjpu.edu.cn:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPFW 
i386
>Description:
There might be a serious security problem(remote shell) in 
ports/games/halflifeserver.
The exploit has been posted on bugtraq: 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/331941
I do not have halflife's game disc or bin, so I can not test if it is really 
work or not.
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
mark as FORBIDDEN temporarily?

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>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
 >ports/games/halflifeserver