Medieval: Total War long nickname denial of service

medievaltotalwar-long-nickname-dos (13377) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Medieval: Total War is vulnerable to a denial of service. A remote attacker can send a long nickname (over 76 Unicode characters) to the Lobby screen, displayed when players can join the game to cause the server and all connected clients to crash.


Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

Platforms Affected:

  • TotalWar Medieval: Total War 1.1 and prior

Reported:

Oct 07, 2003

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