Description
The client_cmd function in Empire 4.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by causing long text strings to be appended to the player->client buffer, which causes an invalid memory access.
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
- Empire 4.3.2 - 'strncat' Denial of Service EDB-1782 · dos · May 14, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/empiredos-adv.txt
- 20060512 Server crash in Empire 4.3.2 mailing-list
- empireserver-clientcmd-dos(26525) vdb-entry
- 20094 third-party-advisory
- http://empserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/empserver/empserver/src/lib/player/
- 896 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-1798 vdb-entry