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crossfire-server -- denial of service and remote code execution vulnerability

Description:

FRSIRT reports:

A vulnerability has been identified in CrossFire, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "oldsocketmode" module that fails to properly handle overly large requests, which could be exploited by a malicious client to crash or compromise a vulnerable system.

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portaudit: crossfire-server -- denial of service and remote code execution vulnerability

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>