Description
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus 1.0.0.7 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (client or server crash) via a large packet, which generates a "Message too long" socket error that is treated as a critical error.
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
- Ground Control 1.0.0.7 - 'Server/Client' Denial of Service EDB-429 · dos · Aug 31, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20040826 Broadcast forced exit in Ground Control II 1.0.0.7 mailing-list
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gc2boom-adv.txt
- ground-control-dos(17130) vdb-entry
- 11058 vdb-entry
- 1011075 vdb-entry