Cor Entertainment Alien Arena 2006 5.00 acebot_cmds.c safe_cprintf memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cor Entertainment Alien Arena 2006 5.00. The impacted element is the function safe_cprintf of the file acebot_cmds.c. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-1145. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cor Entertainment Alien Arena 2006 5.00. This issue affects the function safe_cprintf of the file acebot_cmds.c. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Format string vulnerability in the safe_cprintf function in acebot_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors when the server sends crafted messages to the clients.

The weakness was published 03/07/2006 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1145 since 03/10/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Luigi Auriemma and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at aluigi.altervista.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (25199), Exploit-DB (1564), SecurityFocus (BID 17028†), OSVDB (23747†) and Secunia (SA19144†). Similar entries are available at VDB-29137 and VDB-29136. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source 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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Luigi Auriemma
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1145 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1145
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29135
X-Force: 25199 - Alien Arena safe_cprintf format string
SecurityFocus: 17028 - Alien Arena 2006 GE Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19144 - Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 23747 - Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition acebot_cmds.c safe_cprintf() Function Format String
Vupen: ADV-2006-0882

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 09/05/2017 08:52
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (58), 09/05/2017 08:52 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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