Description
Soldat game server 1.4.2 and earlier, and dedicated server 2.6.2 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a client denial of service (crash) via (1) a long string to the file transfer port or (2) a long chat message, or (3) a server denial of service (continuous beep and slowdown) via a string containing many 0x07 or other control characters to the file transfer port.
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
- Soldat 1.4.2 - Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities EDB-30524 · dos · Aug 23, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 26564 third-party-advisory
- 20070823 Multiple denial of service in Soldat 1.4.2/2.6.2 mailing-list
- soldat-message-dos(36230) vdb-entry
- 25426 vdb-entry
- http://aluigi.org/poc/soldatdos.zip
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/soldatdos-adv.txt
- soldat-server-ftp-dos(36231) vdb-entry