National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4642

Overview

Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long chat (PKT_CHAT) message that is not properly handled by the (1) D_NetPlayerEvent function in d_net.c or the (2) Msg_Write function in net_msg.c, or (3) many commands that are not properly handled by the NetSv_ReadCommands function in d_netsv.c; or (4) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a chat (PKT_CHAT) message without a final '\0' character.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 25483

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070829 Multiple vulnerabilities in Doomsday 1.9.0-beta5.1

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26524

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26524

External Source: MISC

Name: http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip

Hyperlink:http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip

External Source: MISC

Name: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt

Hyperlink:http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt

External Source: XF

Name: doomsday-netsvreadcommands-bo(36334)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36334

External Source: XF

Name: doomsday-msgwrite-bo(36333)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36333

External Source: XF

Name: doomsday-dnetplayerevent-bo(36332)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36332

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3084

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200802-02

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28821

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28821

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835