CVE-2006-0734: The SV_CheckForDuplicateNames function in Valve Software Half-Life CSTRIKE Dedicated Server 1.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial…

PriorityP415medium4CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuSCNINAP

EXPLOIT

EPSS

2.51%

82.8th percentile

The SV_CheckForDuplicateNames function in Valve Software Half-Life CSTRIKE Dedicated Server 1.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and daemon hang) via a backslash character at the end of a connection string to UDP port 27015.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
valve_software	half-life_cstrike_dedicated_server	<= 1.6_linux	—
valve_software	half-life_cstrike_dedicated_server	<= 1.6_windows	—
valve_software	half-life_cstrike_dedicated_server	<= 1.1.1.0	—

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