Advisories

PocketMine-MP before 5.39.2 Network Amplification via ActorEventPacket

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • PocketMine-MP >= 0, < 5.39.2

CWE
  • CWE-406 Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification)
CVSS
5.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
dktapps
Description
PocketMine-MP versions before 5.39.2 contain a network amplification vulnerability in ActorEventPacket handling that allows clients to trigger consuming animations for all visible players. Attackers can send crafted ActorEventPacket messages to spam animation events to other clients and waste server CPU and memory resources.

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