CVE-2007-4642

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Doomsday Engine 1.8.6/1.9 - Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities2007-08-29 · remote · linux · Verified

Impact

Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long chat (PKT_CHAT) message that is not properly handled by the (1) D_NetPlayerEvent function in d_net.c or the (2) Msg_Write function in net_msg.c, or (3) many commands that are not properly handled by the NetSv_ReadCommands function in d_netsv.c; or (4) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a chat (PKT_CHAT) message without a final '\0' character.

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt
• http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26524
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28821
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt
• http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26524
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28821
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334