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Sparklet "WriteText()" Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20974
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Release Date:
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2006-07-07
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Last Update:
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2006-08-18
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Popularity:
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4,595 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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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: | Sparklet 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-3573
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Description:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Sparklet, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is due to a format string error in the "WriteText()" function when printing messages from clients. This can be exploited to exploited to crash or execute arbitrary code on any client on the game server.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.9.4try3. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 0.9.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Luigi Auriemma
Changelog:
2006-07-19: Added CVE reference.
2006-08-08: Updated "Solution" section
2006-08-18: Updated advisory.
Original Advisory:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sparkletfs-adv.txt
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