FrSIRT - Kaillera Server Messages Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Kaillera Server Messages Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : Kaillera Server Messages Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-2696
CVE ID : CVE-2006-3491
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-07-06

Advisory Details

Description

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Solution

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Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Kaillera Server, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when handling overly long messages, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash or compromise a vulnerable server via a specially crafted nickname.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Luigi Auriemma

ChangeLog

2006-07-06 : Initial release

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