Warrior Kings: Battles Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	13712
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 23 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	May 23 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Luigi Auriemma <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Black Cactus Warrior Kings: Battles 1.23
Not Vulnerable:

Warrior Kings: Battles Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Warrior Kings: Battles is susceptible to a remote denial of service vulnerability. This is due to a failure of the game server to properly handle exceptional conditions.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to crash affected game servers, denying access to legitimate users.

Warrior Kings: Battles Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A proof of concept denial of service exploit has been provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/wkbbugs.zip

Warrior Kings: Battles Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Warrior Kings: Battles Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Warrior Kings: Battles Home Page (Black Cactus)
  
• Format string and crash in Warrior Kings 1.3 and Battles 1.23 (Luigi Auriemma )