ENet enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands() denial of service
| enet-signedness-dos (25157) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ENet is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by a vulnerability in the enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands() function. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted packet containing a overly large value in the commandLength field to cause a denial of service.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- ENet Web site: enet.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Mar 12 2006 - 11:41:11 CST: Multiple vulnerabilities in ENet library (Jul 2005).
- BID-17087: ENet Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1194: Integer signedness error in the enet_protocol_handle_incoming_commands function in protocol.c for ENet library CVS version Jul 2005 and earlier, as used in products including (1) Cube, (2) Sauerbraten, and (3) Duke3d_w32, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a packet with a large command length value, which leads to an invalid memory access.
- OSVDB ID: 23844: ENet Library enet_host_service header.commandLength Parameter Overflow DoS
- SA19208: ENet Library Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015767: ENet Packet Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0940: ENet Library Packets Handling Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- ENet ENet July 2005 and prior
Reported:
Mar 12, 2006
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