ID Software Quake II Server Console memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ID Software Quake II Server. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Console. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2599. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ID Software Quake II Server (version now known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the server console or rcon.

The weakness was disclosed 10/27/2004 by Richard Stanway (Website). The advisory is shared at secur1ty.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2599 since 11/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17898), SecurityFocus (BID 11551†), OSVDB (11188†), Secunia (SA13013†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1011979†). The entries VDB-18656, VDB-23476, VDB-23475 and VDB-23474 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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10/27/2004 🔍
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12/31/2004 +63 days 🔍
11/29/2005 +333 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3387 days 🔍
03/26/2019 +1478 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secur1ty.net
Researcher: Richard Stanway
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2599 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2599
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23477
X-Force: 17898
SecurityFocus: 11551 - ID Software Quake II Server Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 13013 - Quake2 Engine Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 11188 - Quake 2 Server Multiple Unspecified Local Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1011979

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:55
Updated: 03/26/2019 07:13
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:55 (62), 03/26/2019 07:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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