Description
client/cl_parse.c in the id3 Quake 3 Engine 1.32c and the Icculus Quake 3 Engine (ioquake3) revision 810 and earlier allows remote malicious servers to overwrite arbitrary write-protected cvars variables on the client, such as cl_allowdownload for Automatic Downloading and fs_homepath for the quake3 path, via a string of cvar names and values sent from the server. NOTE: this can be combined with another vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files.
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
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_805 – icculus_805
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_806 – icculus_806
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_807 – icculus_807
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_808 – icculus_808
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_809 – icculus_809
- id_software / quake_3_engineicculus_810 – icculus_810
References
- 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
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26889