CVE-2010-5077

Description

server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network traffic amplification) via a spoofed (1) getstatus or (2) rcon request.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.87% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522076 mailing list
http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=4391.0
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2442 vendor advisory
http://www.urbanterror.info/forums/topic/27825-drdos/
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665656
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.games.ioquake3/961
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/5 mailing list
http://www.ioquake.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1694

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-5077?
CVE-2010-5077 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-5077?
To fix CVE-2010-5077, 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-2010-5077 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-5077 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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