Unreal Tournament Server long Unreal URL request memory corruption
| ut-url-memory-corruption (11301) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Unreal Tournament Server is vulnerable to a memory corruption condition, caused by improper bounds checking of Unreal URL requests. If a remote attacker sends an overly long Unreal URL request, the attacker could overwrite memory and cause the game server to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Epic Games, Unreal Tournament Server 436 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Feb 11 2003 - 11:15:00 CST, Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0139.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Feb 11 2003 - 13:31:35 CST, Re: Epic Games threatens to sue security researchers at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0142.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Feb 05 2003 - 06:58:07 CST , Unreal engine: results of my research at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0063.html.
- BID-6774: Epic Games Unreal Engine Client Unreal URL Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-1431: Buffer overflow in Epic Games Unreal Engine 226f through 436 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long host string in the Unreal URL.
Reported:
Feb 05, 2003
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