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Icculus.org Quake3 Engine Two Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20851
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Release Date:
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2006-06-28
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Last Update:
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2006-07-06
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Popularity:
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4,746 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Icculus.org Quake3 Engine (ioquake3)
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3324
CVE-2006-3325
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Description:
Luigi Auriemma has reported two vulnerabilities in Icculus.org Quake3, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially to compromise a user's system.
1) An error exists within the Automatic Downloading functionality when handling filenames of PK3 files sent by the server.
For more information see #2 in:
SA20401
2) An error exists within the client when handling the list of cvar variables sent from a server.
For more information see #3 in:
SA20401
The vulnerabilities have been reported in revision 803. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
The vulnerabilities have been fixed in revision 811 and later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Luigi Auriemma
Changelog:
2006-07-04: Added CVE references.
2006-07-06: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt
http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev
Other References:
SA20401:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20401/
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