Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2763 - Unspecified vulnerability in Openttd

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
openttd
nessus

Summary

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in OpenTTD before 0.4.0.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200509-03.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-03 (OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities) Alexey Dobriyan discovered several format string vulnerabilities in OpenTTD. Impact : A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to crash the OpenTTD server or client and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running OpenTTD. Workaround : There are no known workarounds at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id19578
published2005-09-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19578
titleGLSA-200509-03 : OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200509-03.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(19578);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2763", "CVE-2005-2764");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200509-03");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200509-03 : OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-03
(OpenTTD: Format string vulnerabilities)

    Alexey Dobriyan discovered several format string vulnerabilities in
    OpenTTD.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to crash the
    OpenTTD server or client and possibly execute arbitrary code with the
    rights of the user running OpenTTD.
  
Workaround :

    There are no known workarounds at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200509-03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All OpenTTD users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=games-simulation/openttd-0.4.0.1-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openttd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/09/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/09/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/09/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"games-simulation/openttd", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.4.0.1-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.4.0.1-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "OpenTTD");
}