CVE-2004-2596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exhaustion of connection slots) via a large number of connections from the same IP address.

Published: 2005-11-29

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_ii_server:3.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_ii_server:3.21:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2587	Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exhaustion of connection slots) via a large number of connections from the same IP address.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01271.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-10/0299.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13013
http://secur1ty.net/advisories/001
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011979
http://web.archive.org/web/20041130092749/www.r1ch.net/stuff/r1q2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11551
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17894

History

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Subscriptions

Id Software Quake Ii Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-29T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:14.124Z

Reserved: 2005-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2596

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2596

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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