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CrossFire "oldsocketmode" Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19044
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Release Date:
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2006-02-28
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Last Update:
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2006-03-08
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | CrossFire 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1010 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in CrossFire, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of the "oldsocketmode" option. This can be exploited by a malicious client to crash the service by activating the "oldsocketmode" option and then sending an overly large request.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.8.0 and prior.
Solution:
The vulnerability has reportedly been fixed in version 1.9.0.
http://crossfire.real-time.com/download/index.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Luigi Auriemma
Changelog:
2006-03-08: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc.htm
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