CVE - CVE-2007-4642

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-4642	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:25483 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483 BUGTRAQ:20070829 Multiple vulnerabilities in Doomsday 1.9.0-beta5.1 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835 GENTOO:GLSA-200802-02 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml MISC:http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt MISC:http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip SECUNIA:26524 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26524 SECUNIA:28821 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28821 SREASON:3084 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084 XF:doomsday-dnetplayerevent-bo(36332) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332 XF:doomsday-msgwrite-bo(36333) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333 XF:doomsday-netsvreadcommands-bo(36334) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070831	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070831)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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