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CVE-2007-4754 (GCVE-0-2007-4754)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-09-08 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:08
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/26819 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3105 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/40507 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25559 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478628/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3169 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=68… x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2007-09-05 00:00
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