Medieval: Total War broadcast denial of service
| medievaltotalwar-broadcast-dos (13373) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Medieval: Total War is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker can send a malformed nickname to the Lobby screen when players can join the game to cause the game to broadcast a "connection expired" error to every client joining the game, resulting in a denial of service on the server.
Platforms Affected:
- TotalWar, Medieval: Total War 1.1 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Oct 07 2003 - 12:33:03 CDT , Medieval Total War <= 1.1 broadcast Connection expired at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-10/0097.html.
- Medieval: Total War Web site, TOTALWAR.COM at http://www.totalwar.com.
- BID-8787: Medieval Total War nickname Denial of Service Vulnerability
Reported:
Oct 07, 2003
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