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TITLE:
World in Conflict NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30817

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
World in Conflict 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16023/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in World in Conflict,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error
when handling certain packets and can be exploited to crash the
server via a specially crafted packet sent to default port
48000/TCP.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.008. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Only play multi-player games on trusted, local networks.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wicboom-adv.txt

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