TITLE:
Glider collect'n kill " gl_playerEnter" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17422

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17422/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Unknown

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Glider collect'n kill 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/6046/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Glider collect'n kill
with an unknown impact.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling
of player names. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by
sending the "gl_playerEnter" command with an overly long player name
(more than 4 kilobytes) to a vulnerable server.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.0.0. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Host games on a trusted network only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gliderbof-adv.txt

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