National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-4754

Overview

Format string vulnerability in the safe_bprintf function in acesrc/acebot_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2007 6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in a nickname.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: alienarena-safebprintf-format-string(36463)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36463

External Source: BID

Name: 25559

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25559

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070905 Format string and clients disconnection in Alien Arena 2007 6.10

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/478628/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6843&start=1

Hyperlink:http://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6843&start=1

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 40507

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/40507

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20070905 Format string and clients disconnection in Alien Arena 2007 6.10

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-09/0049.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3169

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3169

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3105

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3105

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26819

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26819

External Source: MISC

Name: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k7x-adv.txt

Hyperlink:http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k7x-adv.txt