Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Quake 3 engine, as used in products including Quake3 Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, when the sv_allowdownload cvar is enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server via ".." sequences in a .pk3 file request.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | ioquake3 | 1.36+svn1788j-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | ioquake3 | 1.36+svn1788j-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | ioquake3 | 1.36+svn1788j-1 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | ioquake3 | 1.36+git.20210720-1.2 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10863-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10863-1 ioquake3-1.36+git.20210720-1.2 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- 20060508 Two independent vulnerabilities (client and server side) in Quake3 engine and many derived games mailing-list
- 880 third-party-advisory
- 20060508 Two independent vulnerabilities (client and server side) in Quake3 engine and many derived games mailing-list
- quake3-sv-allowdownload-directory-traversal(26347) vdb-entry
- 17924 vdb-entry