Halo response off-by-one buffer overflow
| halo-response-offbyone-bo (17310) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Halo is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by an off-by-one buffer overflow in the client response in the Gamespy SDK algorithm. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted response longer than 32 bytes to cause the server to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Halo (1.05 or later) available from the Halo Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 09 2004 - 15:05:51 CDT: Off-by-one bug in Halo 1.04.
- Halo Web site: Halo for PC and Mac.
- BID-11147: Gearbox Software Halo Combat Evolved Game Server Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1667: Off-by-one error in Halo Combat Evolved 1.04 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a long client response.
- SA12504: Halo Client Response Off-By-One Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Bungie Halo 1.04 and prior
Reported:
Sep 09, 2004
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