CVE-2006-0771 (GCVE-0-2006-0771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-02-18 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:48
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425286/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/18917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/448 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16703 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2006-02-16 00:00
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