Valve Half-Life 1573 Command memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Valve Half-Life 1573. This affects an unknown part of the component Command Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2001-0358. There is no available exploit. This vulnerability is considered historic because of its background and reception. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Valve Half-Life 1573 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Command Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflows in Sierra Half-Life build 1573 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long map command, (2) a long exec command, or (3) long input in a configuration file.

The weakness was presented 06/27/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0358. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/04/2014). Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6221). See VDB-16844 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/27/2001 🔍
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07/04/2014 +4755 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0358 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0358
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16843
X-Force: 6221 - Half-Life Server config file buffer overflow, High Risk

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2014 16:24
Changes: 07/04/2014 16:24 (53)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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