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TITLE:
RakNet Empty UDP Datagram Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15597

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15597/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
RakNet 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5213/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in RakNet, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the communication
handling. This can be exploited to freeze a vulnerable game server by
sending an empty UDP datagram.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.33. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has been fixed in an updated 2.33 version (after
2005-05-30).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/rakzero-adv.txt

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