---------------------------------------------------------------------- Passionate about writing secure code? http://secunia.com/company/jobs/open_positions/talented_programmer Read this if your favourite tool is a disassembler http://secunia.com/company/jobs/open_positions/reverse_engineer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: The Lord of the Rings Gamespy "NATHOST" and "NATINITED" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA40460 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/40460/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40460 RELEASE DATE: 2010-07-02 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/40460/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/40460/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40460 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in various The Lord of the Rings games, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing the Gamespy "NATHOST" and "NATINITED" commands. For more information: SA40459 The vulnerability is reported in the following games an versions: The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth version 1.03 The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 version 1.06 The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth 2 The Rise of the Witch-king version 2.01 Other games and versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Do not play or host online games. Do not join the peerchat server. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Luigi Auriemma ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/eagsbof-adv.txt OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------