Netris remote connection buffer overflow
| netris-remote-bo (10081) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Netris is a freely available game, created by Mark H. Weaver, for BSD and Unix-based operating systems. Netris versions 0.5 and earlier are vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a buffer overflow. By sending an overly long string to the Netris server typically running on port 9284, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the program to crash.
Note: It is unknown whether this vulnerability can be exploited to execute code on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Jude Shabry, Netris 0.5 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Netris (0.52 or later), available from the Netris Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Aug 13 2003 - 15:18:28 CDT, netris[v0.5]: client/server remote buffer overflow exploit. at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-08/0149.html.
- Netris Web site, http://www.netris.org/ at http://www.netris.org/.
- Vuln-Dev Mailing List, Sep 9 2002 4:55AM, netris-0.5. at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q3/0610.html. (From Neohapsis archive)
- BID-5680: Netris Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1566: netris 0.5, and possibly other versions before 0.52, when running with the -w (wait) option, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string to port 9284.
Reported:
Sep 09, 2002
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