CVE-2007-4531 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Soldat game clients or degrade server performance by sending long strings or control characters to the file transfer port.
- 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-2007-4531?
CVE-2007-4531 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Aug 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Soldat game server 1.4.2 and earlier, and dedicated server 2.6.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a client denial of service (crash) via (1) a long string to the file transfer port or (2) a long chat message, or (3) a server denial of service (continuous beep and slowdown) via a string containing many 0x07 or other control characters to the file transfer port.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4531?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Michal Marcinkowski Soldat Dedicated Server, Michal Marcinkowski Soldat Game Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4531?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4531 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-2007-4531 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-4531 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-frr3-95g2-cm9h.