CVE-2001-1289 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Quake 3 Arena servers by sending malformed connection packets, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1289?
CVE-2001-1289 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 May 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Quake 3 arena 1.29f and 1.29g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed connection packet that begins with several char-255 characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1289?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Id Software Quake 3 Arena.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1289?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-1289 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1289 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vm5m-3h39-r4cm.