Massive Entertainment Ground Control II: Operation Exodus up to 1.0.0.7 Socket Large Packet denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Massive Entertainment Ground Control II: Operation Exodus up to 1.0.0.7. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Socket Handler. This manipulation as part of Large Packet causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1751. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Massive Entertainment Ground Control II: Operation Exodus up to 1.0.0.7 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Socket Handler. The manipulation as part of a Large Packet leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Ground Control II: Operation Exodus 1.0.0.7 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (client or server crash) via a large packet, which generates a "Message too long" socket error that is treated as a critical error.

The weakness was released 08/26/2004 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1751 since 02/26/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at aluigi.altervista.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17130), Exploit-DB (429), SecurityFocus (BID 11058†), OSVDB (9272†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1011075†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1751 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1751
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22171
X-Force: 17130 - Ground Control II denial of service
SecurityFocus: 11058 - Massive Entertainment Ground Control II Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 9272 - Ground Control II Client/Server Large Packet DoS
SecurityTracker: 1011075 - Ground Control II Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending a Large Packet

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2014 09:34
Updated: 07/14/2025 06:46
Changes: 12/19/2014 09:34 (60), 07/08/2017 14:12 (8), 07/14/2025 06:46 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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