Secunia Security Advisory - Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in The Settlers: Heritage of Kings, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings Player Logging Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14762
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14762/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings
http://secunia.com/product/4862/
DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in The Settlers: Heritage
of Kings, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA14767
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.02 and prior.
SOLUTION:
Version 1.03 is not vulnerable.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14767:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14767
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