CVE-2006-0771 Information

Description

Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason.

Reference

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0372.html http://secunia.com/advisories/18917 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/448 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425286/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16703 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24792