# CVE-2011-1412: sys/sys\_unix.c in the ioQuake3 engine on Unix and Linux, as used in World of Padman 1.5.x before 1.5.1.1 and OpenArena 0.8.x-15 and 0.8.x-16

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-08-04 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

sys/sys_unix.c in the ioQuake3 engine on Unix and Linux, as used in World of Padman 1.5.x before 1.5.1.1 and OpenArena 0.8.x-15 and 0.8.x-16, allows remote game servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a long fs_game variable.

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## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-07/0338.html
- http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?view=rev&revision=2097
- http://thilo.tjps.eu/download/patches/ioq3-svn-r2097.diff
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45468
- http://worldofpadman.com/website/news/en/article/266/wop-1-5-1-1-hotfix-released-for-linux.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68869
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725951
- http://www.osvdb.org/74137
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48915
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519051/100/0/threaded
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8324
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45417
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063460.html

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