Half-Life Invalid Command Error Response Format String Vulnerability

BID:8730

Info

Half-Life Invalid Command Error Response Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8730
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 29 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 29 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported by Luigi Auriemma.
Vulnerable: Valve Software Half-Life 1.1.1 .0
Valve Software Half-Life 1.1 .0.9
Valve Software Half-Life 1.1 .0.8
- Microsoft Windows 98 SP1
- Microsoft Windows 98 b
- Microsoft Windows 98 a
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Valve Software Half-Life 1.1 .0.4 Windows
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Half-Life Invalid Command Error Response Format String Vulnerability

It has been reported that Half-Life clients may be prone to a format string vulnerability. The problem occurs when an invalid command is issued to the server, and an error response is returned and displayed by the client. If a format specifier were included within the invalid command, when displaying the error the format specifier would be interperted literally. This could potentially be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Half-Life client.

Exploit / POC

Half-Life Invalid Command Error Response Format String Vulnerability

A tool has been released by Luigi Auriemma that is designed to demonstrate the issue on vulnerable clients. However, currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue.

Solution / Fix

Half-Life Invalid Command Error Response Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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Half-Life Invalid Command Error Response Format String Vulnerability

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