EmuLinker Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	16733
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 20 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 22 2006 06:22PM
Credit:	The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable:	EmuLinker EmuLinker 0.99.16
Not Vulnerable:	EmuLinker EmuLinker 0.99.17

EmuLinker Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

EmuLinker is susceptible to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly handle malformed network packets from other game players.

This issue results in a crash of the server application, denying further service to users.

EmuLinker versions prior to 0.99.17 are affected by this issue.

EmuLinker Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits 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]>.

EmuLinker Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.99.17 to address this issue.


EmuLinker EmuLinker 0.99.16

• EmuLinker emulinker-kaillera-server-0.99.17.zip
  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/emulinker/emulinker-kaillera-server -0.99.17.zip

EmuLinker Malformed Packet Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

References:

• EmuLinker Web Site (EmuLinker)