CVE-2006-2587

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 11.68% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory altervista.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0607.html	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/20257	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18106	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434909/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016155	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26608	vdb entry
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-all.php
http://www.osvdb.org/25738	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1940	vdb entry
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pbwebbof-adv.txt	vendor advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2587?: CVE-2006-2587 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2587?: To fix CVE-2006-2587, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2587 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2587 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.