[SA18246] Dopewars Server Message Logging Format String Vulnerability

TITLE:
Dopewars Server Message Logging Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18246

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18246/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Dopewars 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6713/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error when writing
to the log file. This can be exploited to crash the Dopewars server
service and may allow arbitrary code execution.

Successful exploitation requires that the Dopewars server is run as a
Windows service.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 1.5.12 and
affects only the Windows version.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.12.
http://dopewars.sourceforge.net/download.html

Note: Version 1.5.11 did not completely fix the vulnerability.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits KF.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=381793

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