# 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.

- **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:** 25 Aug 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frr3-95g2-cm9h

## 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: 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.

## 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:

- Soldat 1.4.2 - Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-4532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4532/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-4531 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-4531 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-2007-4531/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4531/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4531
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4531
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-4531

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