bugtraq - Re: Format String Vulnerability in Valve's CS-Source

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Date: 15 Oct 2004 18:26:37 -0000
From: Some One <mc.iglo@...lan.de>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Format String Vulnerability in Valve's CS-Source


In-Reply-To: <20041014192836.47e3964d.aluigi@...istici.org>

Hi,

This is way to technical for me, but i dont think so

i just found out, that not only the own client and the server crashes, if my name is '%n'! even all other conencted clients crash
>
>If this is the same bug I reported over one year ago
>http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/hlclientfs-adv.txt probably Valve has not
>patched it yet or something similar (I don't play with Half-Life from
>years).
>
>About exploitation, the only method I found was versus the connected clients
>using the "Unknown command" reply sent by the server directly to them.
>
>
>BYEZ
>
>
>--- 
>Luigi Auriemma
>http://aluigi.altervista.org
>
>