Unreal Tournament logging buffer overflow
| unreal-logging-bo (36102) |  High Risk |
Description:
Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the logging function. By sending a specially-crafted request using the Web server, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the server to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.7 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Unreal Tournament customers should contact Unreal Tournament support for upgrade or patch information. See References.
References:
- Luigi Auriemma Advisory 18 Aug 2007: Unexploitable buffer-overflow in the logging function of the Unreal engine.
- Unreal Tournament Web site: Epic Games.
- BID-25374: Epic Games Unreal Engine Logging Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4442: Stack-based buffer overflow in the logging function in the Unreal engine, possibly 2003 and 2004, as used in the internal web server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a request for a long .gif filename in the images/ directory, related to conversion from Unicode to ASCII.
- SA26506: Unreal Engine Web Server Logging Denial of Service
Platforms Affected:
- Epic Games Unreal Tournament 2003
- Epic Games Unreal Tournament 2004
Reported:
Aug 18, 2007
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