PT-2007-5905 · Cor Entertainment · Alien Arena

Published 2007-09-08 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-4754

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Alien Arena versions 6.10 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the safe bprintf function. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically a daemon crash, by using format string specifiers in a nickname.

Recommendations: For Alien Arena versions 6.10 and earlier, consider updating to a version that fixes this issue, as the current version is affected by the format string vulnerability in the safe bprintf function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4754

Affected Products

Alien Arena

References · 15

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/30566 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/25559 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4754 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4754 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4754 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3169 · Note
• http://quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6843&start=1 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/40507 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-09/0049.html · Note
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k7x-adv.txt · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26819 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3105 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/478628/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36463 · Note