CVE-2008-3135
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSoldner Secret Wars 33724 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a packet with a large numeric value in a 0x80 data block.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSoldner Secret Wars game server versions 33724 and earlier fail to properly validate incoming network packets. Attackers can send a malformed packet containing a large numeric value in a 0x80 data block, which causes excessive CPU consumption on the server and results in denial of service.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Soldner Secret Wars server is installedSearch for Soldner Secret Wars server software on the system. Look for processes named 'soldner', 'secretwars', or related server executables. Check installed programs or game server directories.Affected if The Soldner Secret Wars server software is present on the system
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Determine the server versionLocate the server executable and check its version metadata, or check the server's version information if exposed via its admin interface. Compare your version against 33724.Affected if Server version is 33724 or earlier
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Verify the server is network accessibleCheck if the server process is listening on any network ports (common game server ports). Use netstat or similar tools to identify listening ports associated with the server process.Affected if Server is running and accepting network connections
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Look for CPU consumption spikesMonitor the server process CPU usage. The vulnerability causes excessive CPU consumption when malformed packets with large numeric values in the 0x80 data block are processed.Affected if Server exhibits unusually high CPU usage without legitimate load
System is affected if Soldner Secret Wars server version 33724 or earlier is running and accessible on the network
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply any available vendor patches for Soldner Secret Wars. If no patch exists, implement input validation on the server to sanitize and limit numeric values in the 0x80 data block before processing, and consider rate-limiting or filtering malformed packets at the network perimeter.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-3135 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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