Xshipwars Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:863

Info

Xshipwars Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 863
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Unknown
Published: Dec 09 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 09 1999 12:00AM
Credit: Thie vulnerability was discovered by Amanda Woodward <[email protected]> and posted to the Technotronic mailing list <http://www.technotronic.com> on Tue, 7 Dec 1999.
Vulnerable: WolfPack Development XSHIPWARS 1.2.4
WolfPack Development XSHIPWARS 1.0
- Debian Linux 2.2 pre potato
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.1
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 10.9
- HP HP-UX 10.8
- IBM AIX 4.3.2
- IBM AIX 4.3.1
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Redhat Linux 6.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.0
- Redhat Linux 5.2 i386
- Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- SuSE Linux 6.3
- SuSE Linux 6.2
- SuSE Linux 6.1
- SuSE Linux 6.0
Not Vulnerable: WolfPack Development XSHIPWARS 1.2.5

Discussion

Xshipwars Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Xshipwars a graphical 'star battle' client/server based game which runs a variety of platforms. Certain versions of the server which facilitates this game (versions before 1.25) had a remotely exploitable buffer overflow. The exploit would result in the execution of arbitrary commands as the UID of the server process.

Exploit / POC

Xshipwars Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Exploit available:

Solution / Fix

Xshipwars Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
WolfPack development has patched this problem in 1.2.5 and has a new version of the software available from:

http://fox.mit.edu/xsw/dl_main.htm

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Xshipwars Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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