Format string bug in Army Men RTS

From: Luigi Auriemma (aluigi_at_autistici.org)
Date: 11/14/04

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                                 Luigi Auriemma

    Application: Army Men RTS
                  http://www.3do.com/armymen/armymen/
    Versions: 1.0
    Platforms: Windows
    Bug: format string
    Exploitation: remote, versus server
    Date: 14 November 2004
    Author: Luigi Auriemma
                  e-mail: aluigi@altervista.org
                  web: http://aluigi.altervista.org

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

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    1) Introduction
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    Army Men RTS is a real-time strategy game developed by Pandemic Studios
    (http://www.pandemicstudios.com) and released in March 2002.

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    2) Bug
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    The game server is affected by a format string bug in the name of the
    player that joins in it.

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    3) The Code
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    Join a server using the nickname %n%n%n, it will crash immediately.

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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


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