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Army Men RTS Format String
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SUMMARY
Army Men RTS is a real-time strategy game developed by
<http://www.pandemicstudios.com> Pandemic Studios and released in March
2002.
The Army Men RTS game server is affected by a format string bug in the
name of the player that connects to it.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* Army Men RTS version 1.0
If a player connects to a server and has a nickname with format string
characters such as %n%n%n%n, the server will crash immediately. This is
due to improper filtering of usernames at the server side.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:aluigi@autistici.org> Luigi
Auriemma.
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