CVE-2010-5077 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via network traffic amplification using spoofed getstatus or rcon requests in Quake3 Arena servers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-5077?
CVE-2010-5077 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network traffic amplification) via a spoofed (1) getstatus or (2) rcon request.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5077?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Ioquake3 Ioquake3 Engine, Openarena Openarena, Tremulous Tremulous.
How do I fix CVE-2010-5077?
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-2010-5077 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5077 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-5077, DSA-2442-1, GHSA-hm3f-28vq-g8gm.