Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-1236 - Unspecified vulnerability in Crossfire 1.9.0

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
crossfire
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2006-03-15
Updated: 2021-08-18

Summary

Buffer overflow in the SetUp function in socket/request.c in CrossFire 1.9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long setup sound command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1010.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Crossfire
1

Exploit-Db

descriptioncrossfire-server. CVE-2006-1236. Remote exploit for linux platform
fileexploits/linux/remote/1582.c
idEDB-ID:1582
last seen2016-01-31
modified2006-03-13
platformlinux
port13327
published2006-03-13
reporterlandser
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/1582/
titlecrossfire-server <= 1.9.0 - SetUp Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
typeremote

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1009.NASL
descriptionA buffer overflow has been discovered in the crossfire game which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id22551
published2006-10-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22551
titleDebian DSA-1009-1 : crossfire - buffer overflow
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1009. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(22551);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1236");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1009");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1009-1 : crossfire - buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A buffer overflow has been discovered in the crossfire game which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1009"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the crossfire package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.0-1woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge2."
  );
  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:debian:debian_linux:crossfire");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/03/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/03/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"crossfire-doc", reference:"1.1.0-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"crossfire-edit", reference:"1.1.0-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"crossfire-server", reference:"1.1.0-1woody2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"crossfire-doc", reference:"1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"crossfire-edit", reference:"1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"crossfire-server", reference:"1.6.0.dfsg.1-4sarge2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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