Alien Arena safe_bprintf() format string
| alienarena-safebprintf-format-string (36463) |  High Risk |
Description:
Alien Arena could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands, caused by a format string vulnerability in the safe_bprintf() function in acebot_cmds.c. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially-crafted game server messages to Alien Arena 2007 clients, which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable client systems.
Platforms Affected:
- Red Planet Arena, Alien Arena 2007 Gold Edition 6.10 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Luigi Auriemma Advisory 05 Sep 2007, Format string and clients disconnection in Alien Arena 2007 6.10 at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k7x-adv.txt.
- Red Planet Arena Web site, Red Planet Arena at http://red.planetarena.org/.
- BID-25559: Alien Arena 2007 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4754: Format string vulnerability in the safe_bprintf function in acesrc/acebot_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2007 6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in a nickname.
- SA26819: Alien Arena 2007 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3169: Alien Arena Remote Command Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 05, 2007
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