CVE-2006-1999

Public Exploit

Description

The multiplayer menu in OpenTTD 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a UDP packet with an incorrect size, which causes the client to return to the main menu.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 13.81% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory altervista.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/openttdx-adv.txt	exploit patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1480	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19768	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-03.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21799	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17661	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431871/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26004	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1999?: CVE-2006-1999 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1999?: To fix CVE-2006-1999, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1999 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1999 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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