Skulltag packet denial of service
| skulltag-packet-dos (43125) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Skulltag is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when parsing packets multiple times. By sending specially-crafted overly large packets at regular intervals, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to freeze the server resulting in a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.9 |
| Exploitability: | Proof-of-Concept |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Skulltag (0.97d2-RC3 or later), available from the Skulltag Web site. See References.
References:
- Luigi Auriemma Advisories, 16 Jun 2008: Skulltag.
- Skulltag Web site: Multiplayer Doom online - Skulltag.
- BID-29760: Skulltag Malformed Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-2748: Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a series of long, malformed connect packets, related to these packets being parsed multiple times.
- SA30668: Skulltag Packet Parsing Denial of Service
Platforms Affected:
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95c
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95d
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95e
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95f
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95g
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95h
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95i
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95j
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.95k
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.96b
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.96c
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.96d
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.96e
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.96f
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97b
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97c
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97c2
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97c3
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Rc9
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Beta4.1
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Beta4.2
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Beta4.3
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Beta4
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Beta2
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Beta1
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Rc10
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d Beta3
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d2 Rc3
- Skulltag Skulltag 0.97d2 Rc2
Reported:
Jun 16, 2008
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