Serioussam Serious Engine up to 1.04 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Serioussam Serious Engine up to 1.04. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2004-1207. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Serioussam Serious Engine up to 1.04. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Serious engine, as used in (1) Alpha Black Zero Intrepid Protocol 1.04 and earlier, (2) Nitro family, and (3) Serious Sam Second Encounter 1.07 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a large number of UDP join requests that exceeds the maximum player limit, as originally reported for Alpha Black Zero.

The weakness was released 09/29/2004 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1207 since 12/14/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. 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 (17545), Exploit-DB (605), SecurityFocus (BID 11279†), OSVDB (10440†) and Secunia (SA12687†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source 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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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2004-1207 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1207
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23751
X-Force: 17545 - Alpha Black Zero UDP packet denial of service
SecurityFocus: 11279 - SeriousSam SeriousEngine User Management Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 12687 - Serious Engine Multiple Join Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 10440 - Khaeon Alpha Black Zero UDP Join Request Saturation DoS
SecurityTracker: 1011454 - Alpha Black Zero: Intrepid Protocol Game Server Can Be Crashed By Remote Users

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/06/2025 12:42
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (62), 07/21/2017 10:25 (8), 07/06/2025 12:42 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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