ioquake3 prior 2017-03-14 auto-downloading 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in ioquake3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component auto-downloading. The manipulation results in 7pk security. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2017-6903. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ioquake3. Affected is an unknown code block of the component auto-downloading. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-254. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In ioquake3 before 2017-03-14, the auto-downloading feature has insufficient content restrictions. This also affects Quake III Arena, OpenArena, OpenJK, iortcw, and other id Tech 3 (aka Quake 3 engine) forks. A malicious auto-downloaded file can trigger loading of crafted auto-downloaded files as native code DLLs. A malicious auto-downloaded file can contain configuration defaults that override the user's. Executable bytecode in a malicious auto-downloaded file can set configuration variables to values that will result in unwanted native code DLLs being loaded, resulting in sandbox escape.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was released 03/14/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-6903 since 03/14/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1211.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97801 (Debian DSA-3812-1 : ioquake3 - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175991 (Debian Security Update for ioquake3 (DSA 3812-1)).

Upgrading to version 2017-03-14 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (97801). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Nessus ID: 97801
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3812-1 : ioquake3 - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703812
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3812-1 (ioquake3 - security update)
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Upgrade: ioquake3 2017-03-14

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-6903 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-6903
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97956

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OSVDB: - CVE-2017-6903 - ioquake3 - Privilege Escalation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 08:07
Updated: 08/25/2024 02:34
Changes: 03/15/2017 08:07 (69), 09/07/2020 06:57 (4), 08/25/2024 02:34 (18)
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