CVE-2006-2587
"PunkBuster HTTP Server Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability"
Description
Buffer overflow in the WebTool HTTP server component in (1) PunkBuster before 1.229, as used by multiple products including (2) America's Army 1.228 and earlier, (3) Battlefield 1942 1.158 and earlier, (4) Battlefield 2 1.184 and earlier, (5) Battlefield Vietnam 1.150 and earlier, (6) Call of Duty 1.173 and earlier, (7) Call of Duty 2 1.108 and earlier, (8) DOOM 3 1.159 and earlier, (9) Enemy Territory 1.167 and earlier, (10) Far Cry 1.150 and earlier, (11) F.E.A.R. 1.093 and earlier, (12) Joint Operations 1.187 and earlier, (13) Quake III Arena 1.150 and earlier, (14) Quake 4 1.181 and earlier, (15) Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 1.169 and earlier, (16) Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown 1.093 and earlier, (17) Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.175 and earlier, and (18) Soldier of Fortune II 1.183 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long webkey parameter.
INFO
Published Date :
May 25, 2006, 10:02 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pbwebbof-adv.txt Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0607.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20257 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016155 Added Reference http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-all.php Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/25738 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434909/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18106 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1940 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26608 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/434909/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434909/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26608 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26608 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 25, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-2587 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-2587
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
11.68 }} 2.24%
score
0.93035
percentile