Half-Life Counter-Strike Login Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27159
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2008-7203
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 07 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	Maxim Suhanov is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Valvesoftware Half-Life Counter-Strike 1.6
Not Vulnerable:

Half-Life Counter-Strike Login Denial of Service Vulnerability

Half-Life Counter-Strike is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

This issue affects Half-Life Counter-Strike 1.6; other versions may also be affected.

Half-Life Counter-Strike Login Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue using readily available networking utilities.

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/27159.php

Half-Life Counter-Strike Login 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Half-Life Counter-Strike Login Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Half-Life Counter-Strike Homepage (Valve Software)