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TITLE:
Crysis Name Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29155

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29155/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Crysis 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16864/

DESCRIPTION:
Long Poke has reported a vulnerability in Crysis, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
Crysis engine when creating internal debug strings. This can be
exploited by using a name containing format string specifiers.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.1.1.5879. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Only play multi-player games on trusted, local networks.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Long Poke

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5201

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