Description
The Automatic Downloading option in the id3 Quake 3 Engine and the Icculus Quake 3 Engine (ioquake3) before revision 804 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files in the quake3 directory (fs_homepath cvar) via a long string of filenames, as contained in the neededpaks buffer.
Affected products
- id_software / quake_3_engine
- id_software / quake_3_engine1.32b – 1.32b
- id_software / quake_3_engine1.32c – 1.32c
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_803 – icculus_803
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_804 – icculus_804
References
- MISChttp://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded
- MISChttp://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cfilevar-adv.txt
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18685
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20851
- MISChttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1171
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20401
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27486
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2569