CVE-2007-6201 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service or potentially execute commands in Wesnoth via a faulty add-on, requiring user interaction to load the malicious content.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-6201?

CVE-2007-6201 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Dec 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Wesnoth 1.2.x before 1.2.8, and 1.3.x before 1.3.12, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a "faulty add-on" and possibly execute other commands via unknown vectors related to the turn_cmd option.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6201?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wesnoth Wesnoth.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6201?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6201 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-2007-6201 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6201 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gfmc-9mq3-93wp.

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