Description
SWAT 4 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a (1) VERIFYCONTENT or (2) GAMECONFIG command sent to the server before user session initialization, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference; or (3) a GAMESPYRESPONSE command followed by a long RS string.
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
- SWAT 4 - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities EDB-32086 · dos · Jul 20, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://aluigi.org/fakep/unrealfp.zip
- 30299 vdb-entry
- swat4-gamespyresponse-dos(43902) vdb-entry
- 31158 third-party-advisory
- swat4-verifycontent-gameconfig-dos(43901) vdb-entry
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/swat4x-adv.txt
- ADV-2008-2149 vdb-entry