CVE-2007-5711 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the game daemon by sending large packets to specific ports, causing a denial of service.

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-2007-5711?

CVE-2007-5711 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Massive Entertainment World in Conflict 1.001 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and daemon crash) via a large packet to TCP or UDP port 48000.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5711?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Massive Entertainment World in Conflict.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5711?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5711 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-2007-5711 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-53w3-3r6p-4x3w.

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