CVE-2006-2401 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Outgun bot application by sending packets with incorrect message sizes, causing a buffer over-read.
- 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-2006-2401?
CVE-2006-2401 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The leetnet functions (leetnet/rudp.cpp) in Outgun 1.0.3 bot 2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via packets with incorrect message sizes, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2401?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Outgun Outgun.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2401?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2401 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-2006-2401 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2401 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w9q9-mx35-276q.