PT-2003-2299 · Ea+1 · Battlefield 1942+1

Mike Kristovich · Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2003-1354

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GameSpy 3D version 2.62

Description The issue allows remote attackers to use gaming servers as an amplifier in DDoS attacks with spoofed UDP query packets. This is demonstrated using Battlefield 1942, where small requests generate very large UDP responses.

Recommendations For GameSpy 3D version 2.62, consider restricting access to the UDP query functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, limiting the size of UDP responses could help mitigate the issue until a more permanent fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1354

Affected Products

Battlefield 1942

Gamespy 3D

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/22183 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/6636 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1354 · Security Note
• http://pivx.com/kristovich/adv/mk001 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11084 · Note
• http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Jan/0178.html · Note
• http://securiteam.com/securitynews/5EP0O0K8UO.html · Note