CVE-2010-3439 Denial of service in alien-arena
Attackers can crash the Alien Arena server by sending invalid parameters to the download command, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3439?
CVE-2010-3439 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
It is possible to cause a DoS condition by causing the server to crash in alien-arena 7.33 by supplying various invalid parameters to the download command.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3439?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Cor-Entertainment Alien-Arena, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3439?
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-2010-3439 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3439 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3439, GHSA-cw2c-5mfc-2r8r.