Soldner Secret Wars format string attack
| soldner-secret-wars-format-string (18752) |  High Risk |
Description:
Soldner Secret Wars is vulnerable to a format string attack. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted message containing modified format arguments (%n%n%n) to the server to cause the server to crash or execute arbitrary code on the server.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jan 04 2005 - 12:57:43 CST : Socket termination, format string and XSS in Soldner Secret Wars 30830.
- Soldner Secret Wars Web site: Secret Wars Gamesite.
- BID-12162: Soldner Secret Wars Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-0280: Format string vulnerability in Soldner Secret Wars 30830 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a message.
- SA13716: Soldner Secret Wars Multiple Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- jowood Soldner Secret Wars 30830 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3
Reported:
Jan 04, 2005
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