Battlefield Vietnam numplayers denial of service
| battlefieldvietnam-numplayers-dos (18402) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Battlefield Vietnam is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the numplayers parameter. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted packet with a long numplayers parameter to the gaming server to cause the game server to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Battlefield Vietnam (1.21 or later), available from the Battlefield Vietnam Web site. See references.
References:
- Battlefield Vietnam Web site: Battlefield Vietnam.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Dec 07 2004 - 11:26:45 CST: Broadcast client crash in Battlefield 1942 1.6.19 and Vietnam 1.2.
- BID-11838: Digital Illusions Multiple Games Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1220: Battlefield 1942 1.6.19 and earlier, and Battlefield Vietnam 1.2 and earlier, allows a remote master server to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a server reply that contains a large numplayers value, which triggers a null dereference.
Platforms Affected:
- EA Battlefield Vietnam 1.2
Reported:
Dec 07, 2004
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