# CVE-2006-2587: Buffer overflow in the WebTool HTTP server component in (1) PunkBuster before 1.229, as used by multiple products including (2) America's Ar

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-05-25 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0607.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20257
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18106
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434909/100/0/threaded
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016155
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26608
- http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-all.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/25738
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1940
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/pbwebbof-adv.txt
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1819

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