Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-1999 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in Openttd 0.4.7

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
openttd
nessus
exploit available

Summary

The multiplayer menu in OpenTTD 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a UDP packet with an incorrect size, which causes the client to return to the main menu.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Openttd
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionOpenTTD. CVE-2006-1998,CVE-2006-1999. Dos exploits for multiple platform
idEDB-ID:1709
last seen2016-01-31
modified2006-04-23
published2006-04-23
reporterLuigi Auriemma
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/1709/
titleOpenTTD <= 0.4.7 - multiple vulnerabilities Denial of Service Exploit

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200609-03.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200609-03 (OpenTTD: Remote Denial of Service) OpenTTD is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a flaw in the manner the game server handles errors in command packets. Impact : An authenticated attacker can cause a Denial of Service by sending an invalid error number to a vulnerable OpenTTD server. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id22325
published2006-09-12
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22325
titleGLSA-200609-03 : OpenTTD: Remote Denial of Service
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-03.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(22325);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:43");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1998", "CVE-2006-1999");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200609-03");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200609-03 : OpenTTD: Remote Denial of Service");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200609-03
(OpenTTD: Remote Denial of Service)

    OpenTTD is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack due to a flaw in
    the manner the game server handles errors in command packets.
  
Impact :

    An authenticated attacker can cause a Denial of Service by sending an
    invalid error number to a vulnerable OpenTTD server.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200609-03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All OpenTTD users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=games-simulation/openttd-0.4.8'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openttd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/09/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/09/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/04/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"games-simulation/openttd", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.4.8"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.4.8"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "OpenTTD");
}