# CVE-2005-0848: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash FUN Labs game servers by sending empty UDP packets, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Mar 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9p84-g446-89ph

## What is CVE-2005-0848?

CVE-2005-0848 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple games developed by FUN labs, including 4X4 Off-road Adventure III, Big Game Hunter, Dangerous Hunts, Deer Hunt, Revolution, Secret Service, Shadow Force, and US Most Wanted, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an empty UDP packet to the server, which cannot detect that a new packet has arrived using the socket ioctl.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0848?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Funlabs 4x4 Off-Road Adventure Iii, Funlabs Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2004 Season, Funlabs Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2005, Funlabs Cabelas Dangerous Hunts, Funlabs Cabelas Deer Hunt 2005 Season, Funlabs Revolution, Funlabs Secret Service in Harms Way, Funlabs Shadow Force Razor Unit, Funlabs Us Most Wanted Nowhere to Hide.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-0848 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0848 exists.

Public exploit code:

- FUN labs Game Engine - Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2005-0849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0849/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0848 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0848 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0848

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