Description
The Com_sprintf function in q_shared.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 does not properly NULL terminate certain long strings, which allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long skin, weapon, or model name.
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
- Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-1564 · dos · Mar 7, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 23749 vdb-entry
- 20060307 Multiple vulnerabilities in Alien Arena 2006 GE 5.00 mailing-list
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k6x-adv.txt
- ADV-2006-0882 vdb-entry
- 19144 third-party-advisory
- 20060307 Multiple vulnerabilities in Alien Arena 2006 GE 5.00 mailing-list
- 17028 vdb-entry
- alien-com-sprintf-dos(25201) vdb-entry