Buffer-overflow and crash in Terminator 3: War of the Machines 1.16

[Luigi Auriemma]

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Luigi Auriemma

Application: Terminator 3: War of the Machines
http://www.atari.com/us/games/terminator_3_war/pc
Versions: <= 1.16
Platforms: Windows
Bugs: A] cd-key hash buffer-overflow
B] big nickname access violation
Exploitation: remote, versus server
Date: 26 May 2005
Author: Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web: http://aluigi.altervista.org


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1) Introduction
2) Bugs
3) The Code
4) Fix


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1) Introduction
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Terminator 3: War of the Machines is a multiplayer FPS game developed
by Clevers (http://www.clevers.com) and based on the homonym movie.
It has been published by Atari (http://www.atari.com) in December 2003.


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2) Bugs
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A] cd-key hash buffer-overflow
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The text field containing the client cd-key hash is the cause of a
buffer-overflow that affects the server.
Note: this is NOT the Gamespy cd-key SDK buffer-overflow.


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B] big nickname access violation
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If an attacker uses a too big nickname the server crashes for the
access to an arbitrary zone of the memory.


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3) The Code
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http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/t3wmbof.zip


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4) Fix
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No fix.
The game is no longer supported.


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Luigi Auriemma
http://aluigi.altervista.org