ID CVE-2007-4754
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:cor_entertainment:alien_arena_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:cor_entertainment:alien_arena_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.5 (as of 15-10-2018 - 21:37)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE CWE-134
CAPEC
  • String Format Overflow in syslog()
    This attack targets the format string vulnerabilities in the syslog() function. An attacker would typically inject malicious input in the format string parameter of the syslog function. This is a common problem, and many public vulnerabilities and associated exploits have been posted.
  • Format String Injection
    An adversary includes formatting characters in a string input field on the target application. Most applications assume that users will provide static text and may respond unpredictably to the presence of formatting character. For example, in certain functions of the C programming languages such as printf, the formatting character %s will print the contents of a memory location expecting this location to identify a string and the formatting character %n prints the number of DWORD written in the memory. An adversary can use this to read or write to memory locations or files, or simply to manipulate the value of the resulting text in unexpected ways. Reading or writing memory may result in program crashes and writing memory could result in the execution of arbitrary code if the adversary can write to the program stack.
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
bid 25559
bugtraq 20070905 Format string and clients disconnection in Alien Arena 2007 6.10
fulldisc 20070905 Format string and clients disconnection in Alien Arena 2007 6.10
misc
osvdb 40507
secunia 26819
sreason 3105
vupen ADV-2007-3169
xf alienarena-safebprintf-format-string(36463)
Last major update 15-10-2018 - 21:37
Published 08-09-2007 - 01:17
Last modified 15-10-2018 - 21:37
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