CVE-2006-0734 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Valve Software Half-Life CSTRIKE Dedicated Server 1.6 and earlier. An authenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted connection string containing a backslash to UDP port 27015, triggering an infinite loop and daemon hang. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring authentication but being easily exploitable to cause a service disruption. While not on the KEV catalog and with no Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an exploit is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6_linuxCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valve_software:half-life_cstrike_dedicated_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.6_windowsCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valve_software:half-life_cstrike_dedicated_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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