CVE-2004-0724 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Half-Life servers or clients by sending empty fragmented packets, requiring a patch to mitigate.
- 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-2004-0724?
CVE-2004-0724 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Jul 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Half-Life engine before July 7 2004 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server or client crash) via an empty fragmented packet.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0724?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Valve Software Half-Life, Valve Software Half-Life Dedicated Server.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0724?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0724 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-2004-0724 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0724 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vcmv-8p5h-3cg7.