CVE-2018-10531 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can send false UDP packets to trigger DoS amplification and DDoS attacks against the America's Army Proving Grounds game server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-10531?
CVE-2018-10531 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in the America's Army Proving Grounds platform for the Unreal Engine. With a false packet sent via UDP, the application server responds with several bytes, giving the possibility of DoS amplification, even being able to be used in DDoS attacks.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10531?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Americasarmy Proving Grounds.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10531?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10531 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-2018-10531 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10531 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4gf9-gwj2-w3rx.