Medieval: Total War long nickname denial of service
| medievaltotalwar-long-nickname-dos (13377) |  Medium 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:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Oct 07 2003 - 12:33:21 CDT : Medieval Total War <= 1.1 broadcast crash.
- Medieval: Total War Web site: TOTALWAR.COM.
- BID-8789: Medieval Total War Server nickname Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- TotalWar Medieval: Total War 1.1 and prior
Reported:
Oct 07, 2003
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