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Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 14:28:57 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Andres Gomez <agomez@...idsignal.com>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
vuln@...unia.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request: Planeshift buffer overflow
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On 05/17/2012 08:52 AM, Andres Gomez wrote:
> Name: Stack-based buffer overflow in Planeshift 0.5.9 and earlier
> Software: Planeshift 0.5.9 Software link:
> http://www.planeshift.it/ Vulnerability Type: Buffer overflow
>
> Vulnerability Details:
>
> There is a buffer overflow in planeshift/src/client/chatbubbles.cpp
> line 223:
>
> . . .
>
> // align csString align = chatNode->GetAttributeValue("align");
> align.Downcase(); if (align == "right") chat.textSettings.align =
> ETA_RIGHT; else if (align == "center") chat.textSettings.align =
> ETA_CENTER; else chat.textSettings.align = ETA_LEFT;
>
> // prefix 223> strcpy(chat.effectPrefix,
> chatNode->GetAttributeValue("effectPrefix"));
>
> //enabled . . .
>
> this line reads a tag inside chatbubbles.xml called effectPrefix.
> If that string is very long, for example:
>
> <chat type="say" enabled="yes" colourR="186" colourG="168"
> colourB="126" shadowR="108" shadowG="98" shadowB="73" align="left"
> effectPrefix="chatbubble_AAAAA....AAAAA" />
>
> It will overwrite effectPrefix[64] buffer, which can lead even to
> arbitrary code execution.
>
>
> Could a CVE be assigned to this issue?
I'm not familiar with this software (it's a game?) the chat bubbles,
can they come from remote users (like some sort of internal game chat)?
> Thanks,
>
> Andres Gomez.
>
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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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