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[Full-Disclosure] Format string bug in Army Men RTS

From: Luigi Auriemma (aluigiautistici.org)
Date: Sun Nov 14 2004 - 14:44:58 CST


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                             Luigi Auriemma

Application: Army Men RTS
              http://www.3do.com/armymen/armymen/
Versions: 1.0
Platforms: Windows
Bug: format string
Exploitation: remote, versus server
Date: 14 November 2004
Author: Luigi Auriemma
              e-mail: aluigialtervista.org
              web: http://aluigi.altervista.org

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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) The Code
4) Fix

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1) Introduction
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Army Men RTS is a real-time strategy game developed by Pandemic Studios
(http://www.pandemicstudios.com) and released in March 2002.

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2) Bug
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The game server is affected by a format string bug in the name of the
player that joins in it.

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3) The Code
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Join a server using the nickname %n%n%n, it will crash immediately.

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4) Fix
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No fix.
The game is no longer supported.

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Luigi Auriemma
http://aluigi.altervista.org

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