Master of Orion size denial of service
| master-of-orion-size-dos (17908) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Master of Orion III is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could send a large size field to cause the game server to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Oct 27 2004 - 13:45:00 CDT: Crashs in Master of Orion III 1.2.5.
- Quick Silver Web site: QSI_Web.
- BID-11550: Quicksilver Master of Orion III Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1492: Master of Orion III 1.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (game exit) via a data packet that contains a large size specifier, which causes a large memory allocation to fail.
- SA13008: Master of Orion III Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Quick Silver Master of Orion III 1.2.5 and prior
Reported:
Oct 28, 2004
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