Red Faction buffer overflow
| redfaction-bo (15353) |  High Risk |
Description:
Red Faction is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By creating a specially-crafted reply packet containing 260 or more characters, a remote attacker, in control of a malicious game server, could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Mar 01 2004 - 09:11:18 CST : Clients broadcast buffer overflow in Red Faction <= 1.20.
- BID-9775: Volition Red Faction Game Client Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0345: Buffer overflow in Red Faction client 1.20 and earlier allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long server name.
Platforms Affected:
- Volition Red Faction 1.2 and prior
Reported:
Mar 01, 2004
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