Description
Buffer overflow in the sgetstr function in shared/cube.h in Sauerbraten 2006_02_28 and earlier, as derived from the Cube engine, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long streams of input data.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Sauerbraten 2006_02_28 - Multiple Buffer Overflow / Crash EDB-1559 · dos · Mar 6, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- sauerbraten-sgetstr-bo(25083) vdb-entry
- 20060306 Multiple vulnerabilities in Cube engine 2005_08_29 mailing-list
- 19199 third-party-advisory
- 16986 vdb-entry
- 20060306 Multiple vulnerabilities in Sauerbraten engine 2006_02_28 mailing-list
- 19110 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-0847 vdb-entry
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/evilcube-adv.txt
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/sauerbraten/sauerbraten/src/shared/cube.h?r1=1.7&r2=1.8
- 19111 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200603-10 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2006-0848 vdb-entry