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Chaser Nickname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14506
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Release Date:
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2005-03-07
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Last Update:
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2005-03-10
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Popularity:
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4,938 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Chaser 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0693
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Description:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Chaser, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is cause due to a boundary error in the handling of nicknames. This can be exploited to crash all connected clients by joining with an overly long nickname.
This can also be exploited to crash a vulnerable server running in game mode.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.50 and prior.
Solution:
Host games on trusted networks only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Luigi Auriemma
Changelog:
2005-03-10: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/chasercool-adv.txt
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