CVE-2005-0906 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in a player logging function in the Tincat network library 2.x before 2.0.28, as used in games such as Sacred and The Settlers: Heritage of Kings, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-03-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 23.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:instance_four:tincat:release_2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sacred:sacred:1.8.2.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ubi_soft:the_settlersheritage_of_kings:1.0_2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0907	Buffer overflow in a player logging function in the Tincat network library 2.x before 2.0.28, as used in games such as Sacred and The Settlers: Heritage of Kings, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.23674.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/tincat2bof-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/14762
http://secunia.com/advisories/14767
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394404
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12912

History

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Subscriptions

Instance Four Tincat

Sacred Sacred

Ubi Soft The Settlersheritage Of Kings

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-29T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:28:29.114Z

Reserved: 2005-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0906

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0906

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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