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Quake3 Arena 1.29 f/g DOS

Family:

Denial of Service

Category:

destructive_attack

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2001 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Quake3 Arena DOS

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2001-1289

Bugtraq_id:

3123

Xrefs:

-

Description:

It was possible to crash
the Quake3 Arena daemon by sending a specially
crafted login string.

A cracker may use this attack to make this
service crash continuously, preventing you
from playing.

Solution: upgrade your software

Risk factor : Low