bugtraq - Buffer-overflow in the Asura engine

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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:13:28 +0200
From: Luigi Auriemma <aluigi@...istici.org>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, bugs@...uritytracker.com,
	news@...uriteam.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk,
	vuln@...unia.com, packet@...ketstormsecurity.org
Subject: Buffer-overflow in the Asura engine

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                             Luigi Auriemma

Application:  Asura engine (network SDK)
              http://www.rebellion.co.uk
Games:        Rogue Trooper                                      <= 1.0
              Prism: Guard Shield                            <= 1.1.1.0
              ...possibly others...
Platforms:    Windows
Bug:          challenge buffer-overflow
Exploitation: remote, versus server (in-game)
Date:         22 Aug 2007
Author:       Luigi Auriemma
              e-mail: aluigi@...istici.org
              web:    aluigi.org

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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) The Code
4) Fix

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1) Introduction
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Asura is a game engine written by Rebellion and used in their games.
Rogue Trooper and Prism are the only two games (as far as I know) which
use the new network protocol which leads to the vulnerability reported
in this advisory, the older games were based on DirectPlay (Judge
Dredd) and Gamespy SDK (Sniper Elite).

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2) Bug
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A buffer-overflow vulnerability is located in the function which
handles the 0xf007 packet used for the challenge B query.
In this function the data passed by the client is copied (without
checks on its length) to a stack buffer of 256 bytes used for sending
the data back to the client, something similar to a ping.

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3) The Code
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http://aluigi.org/poc/asurabof.zip

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4) Fix
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No fix.
Rebellion is one of those vendors which have never replied to my past
mails.

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Luigi Auriemma
http://aluigi.org
http://mirror.aluigi.org