[mohaa] Security flaw in Q3 engine?

Ryan C. Gordon icculus at clutteredmind.org
Fri Jan 17 20:32:53 EST 2003


> Many multiplayer game servers--think "Quake 3" and "Battlefield 1942"--are
> at risk of being used to launch a denial-of-service attack, warns a
> security company.

This is actually a flaw in the GameSpy SDK, not specifically MOHAA or
Battlefield, etc.

Since this has shown up on four mailing lists I'm subscribed to today, I
assume GameSpy is taking a ton of flak right now and will hopefully send a
fix soon.

--ryan.






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