enet ENet library up to Jul 2005 protocol.c enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands headercommandLength denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in enet ENet library up to Jul 2005. Affected by this issue is the function enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands of the file protocol.c. Such manipulation of the argument headercommandLength leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1194. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in enet ENet library up to Jul 2005 (Software Library). Affected by this issue is the function enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands of the file protocol.c. The manipulation of the argument headercommandLength with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer signedness error in the enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands function in protocol.c for ENet library CVS version Jul 2005 and earlier, as used in products including (1) Cube, (2) Sauerbraten, and (3) Duke3d_w32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet with a large command length value, which leads to an invalid memory access.

The weakness was disclosed 03/12/2006 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1194 since 03/13/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (25157), Exploit-DB (27420), SecurityFocus (BID 17087†), OSVDB (23844†) and Secunia (SA19208†). The entry VDB-29163 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1194 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1194
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29162
X-Force: 25157 - ENet enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands() denial of service
SecurityFocus: 17087 - ENet Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19208
OSVDB: 23844 - ENet Library enet_host_service header.commandLength Parameter Overflow DoS
SecurityTracker: 1015767 - ENet Packet Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
Vupen: ADV-2006-0940

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

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 03/16/2025 15:41
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (71), 09/06/2017 14:54 (1), 03/16/2025 15:41 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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