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TITLE:
Sparklet "WriteText()" Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20974

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20974/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sparklet 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/10906/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in Sparklet, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.

The vulnerability is due to a format string error in the
"WriteText()" function when printing messages from clients. This can
be exploited to exploited to crash or execute arbitrary code on any
client on the game server.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.9.4try3. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict gaming to trusted servers only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sparkletfs-adv.txt

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