Yager freeze datablock denial of service
| yager-freeze-datablock-dos (20104) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Yager is vulnerable to a denial of service attack caused by a vulnerability with a freeze of the datablock. The system is set with a datablock header size of 10 bytes. A remote attacker could send an incomplete data header containing 9 bytes or less and cause the system to freeze, resulting in a denial of service.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Apr 14 2005 - 14:54:17 CDT : Multiple vulnerabilities in Yager 5.24.
- YAGER Web site: Yager.
- BID-13179: Yager Development Yager Game Data Block Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-1164: Yager 5.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a packet with a game header that provides less data than indicated by the length.
- SA14967: Yager Buffer Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Yager Development Yager 5.24 and prior
Reported:
Apr 14, 2005
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