# CVE-2010-5077: server/sv\_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cau

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-10-27 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network traffic amplification) via a spoofed (1) getstatus or (2) rcon request.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522076
- http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=4391.0
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2442
- http://www.urbanterror.info/forums/topic/27825-drdos/
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665656
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.games.ioquake3/961
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/5
- http://www.ioquake.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1694

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