52672 : Wesnoth simple_wml.cpp uncompress_buffer() Function WML File Handling DoS
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Timeline
Disclosure Date
2009-03-13

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0366" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The uncompress_buffer function in src/server/simple_wml.cpp in Wesnoth before r33069 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large compressed WML document.

Classification

 Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-03-12 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_1 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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