Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ioquake3  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-IOQUAKE3-660453
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed27 Oct 2014

Introduced: 27 Oct 2014

CVE-2010-5077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ioquake3 package and not the ioquake3 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network traffic amplification) via a spoofed (1) getstatus or (2) rcon request.