ID Software Quake II Server up to 3.19 Stored input validation

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A vulnerability was found in ID Software Quake II Server up to 3.19. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability (Stored). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers cause a denial of service (application crash) via a modified client that asks the server to send data stored at a negative array offset, which is not handled when processing Configstrings and Baselines.

The weakness was published 10/27/2004 by Richard Stanway (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2592 since 11/29/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 3.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (17890). Similar entries are available at 18656, 23477, 23476 and 23475.

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Name: Stored
Class: Input validation / Stored
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 52222
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: quake2forge
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Quake II Server 3.20

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07/19/2017 +863 days 🔍

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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Richard Stanway
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2592 (🔍)
X-Force: 17890 - Quake II configstrings and baselines denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1011979 - Quake II Has Multiple Bugs That Let Remote Users Obtain Information, Deny Service, and Possibly Execute Arbitrary Code
SecurityFocus: 11551 - ID Software Quake II Server Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13013 - Quake2 Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 11181 - Quake 2 Server Connection Process Negative Offset DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 07/19/2017 10:01
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (65), 07/19/2017 10:01 (8)
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