Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-2393 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in Empire Server Empire Server 4.3.0/4.3.2
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The client_cmd function in Empire 4.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by causing long text strings to be appended to the player->client buffer, which causes an invalid memory access.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Exploit-Db
| description | Empire. CVE-2006-2393. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| id | EDB-ID:1782 |
| last seen | 2016-01-31 |
| modified | 2006-05-14 |
| published | 2006-05-14 |
| reporter | Luigi Auriemma |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/1782/ |
| title | Empire <= 4.3.2 - strncat Denial of Service Exploit |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/empiredos-adv.txt
- http://empserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/empserver/empserver/src/lib/player/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20094
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/896
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433940/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1798
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26525