TITLE:
Skulltag Version String Handling Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19767

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19767/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Skulltag 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/9497/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Skulltag, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) and to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
handling of the version string received from a client. This can
potentially be exploited to crash the server and may allow arbitrary
code execution.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.96f. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in a private development
version, which is not publicly available.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/skulltagfs-adv.txt

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