CVE-2007-5933 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Pioneers game client by triggering a delete operation during active session usage, 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
- Available
What is CVE-2007-5933?
CVE-2007-5933 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Pioneers (formerly gnocatan) before 0.11.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a delete operation while the Session object is still being used, as demonstrated by causing a "Broken pipe" error.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5933?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pioneers Pioneers.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5933?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2007-5933 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5933 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5933, GHSA-pvg4-29vg-mvc4.