CVE-2010-0406 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the OpenTTD daemon by triggering file-descriptor exhaustion via incomplete map downloads.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-0406?

CVE-2010-0406 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenTTD before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor exhaustion and daemon crash) by performing incomplete downloads of the map.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0406?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openttd Openttd.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0406?

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-2010-0406 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0406 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0406, GHSA-gj49-ph64-rrxv.

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