Denial of Service Vulnerability in Kreed 1.05 and Earlier: Server Freeze via Long Nickname or Model Type
CVE-2004-1216 · MEDIUM Severity
AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The scripts that handle players in Kreed 1.05 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server freeze) via a long (1) nickname or (2) model type, which generates dialog boxes on the server that must be manually handled before the server continues the game.
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