Description
Master of Orion III 1.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via multiple connections with long nicknames, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Master of Orion III 1.2.5 - Denial of Service EDB-603 · dos · Oct 27, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20041027 Crashs in Master of Orion III 1.2.5 mailing-list
- 11550 vdb-entry
- 13008 third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0410-advisories/masterOrionIII.txt
- master-of-orion-nickname-dos(17884) vdb-entry