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CVE-2009-3591
published 2009-10-08

CVE-2009-3591: Dopewars 1.5.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a REQUESTJET message with an invalid location.

PriorityP334medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
52.84%
98.8th percentile
Dopewars 1.5.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a REQUESTJET message with an invalid location.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ben_webbdopewars
debiandopewars< dopewars 1.5.12-9 (bookworm)dopewars 1.5.12-9 (bookworm)
dopewarsdopewars>= 0 < 1.5.12-91.5.12-9
dopewarsdopewars>= 0 < 1.5.12-91.5.12-9
dopewarsdopewars>= 0 < 1.5.12-91.5.12-9
dopewarsdopewars>= 0 < 1.5.12-91.5.12-9

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

port7902
commandruby -e 'print "foo^^Ar1111111\n^^Acfoo\n^AV65536\n"' | nc localhost 7902
  • Detect REQUESTJET messages sent to the Dopewars server port (TCP 7902) containing an invalid/out-of-range location value (e.g., location index 65536) which triggers a segmentation fault.
  • Monitor for the ^AV (REQUESTJET) message type on TCP port 7902 with an abnormally large location value (e.g., 65536) as the payload indicator of exploit attempt.
  • A Metasploit auxiliary DoS module exists for this vulnerability; monitor for its use against Dopewars servers.
  • ·The vulnerability is specific to Dopewars version 1.5.12; the fix was committed to SVN (pathrev=1033) and is resolved in Debian package version 1.5.12-9.

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0LOW
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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