CVE-2006-1147 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition by sending long skin, weapon, or model names due to improper NULL termination.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1147?
CVE-2006-1147 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Mar 2006. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Com_sprintf function in q_shared.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 does not properly NULL terminate certain long strings, which allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long skin, weapon, or model name.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1147?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cor Entertainment Alien Arena 2006.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1147?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1147 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1147 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1147 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9hwh-2h8p-5rr3.