CVE-2006-0734 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Half-Life dedicated servers by sending a malformed connection string.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0734?
CVE-2006-0734 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Feb 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The SV_CheckForDuplicateNames function in Valve Software Half-Life CSTRIKE Dedicated Server 1.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon hang) via a backslash character at the end of a connection string to UDP port 27015.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0734?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Valve Software Half-Life Cstrike Dedicated Server.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0734?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0734 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-2006-0734 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-0734 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vg7p-cgx3-c756.