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Spammer around Excessive Plus
Well guys, it seems we have some idiots using an exploit to crash our servers. If your server keeps crashing with the error message
ERROR: Info_SetValueForKey: oversize infostring
then your server is being attacked as well.
IP of that idiot: 84.149.231.52 (p5495E734.dip.t-dialin.net)
What can you do?
Wait until id software releases a new point release or download and apply this fix.
http://aluigi.altervista.org/patches/q3infofix.zip
Or block them with a firewall:
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p udp -m mport --dports 27960 -m string --string "\xff\xff\xff\xffgetstatus" -m length --length 50:inf -j DROP
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p udp -m mport --dports 27960 -m string --string "\xff\xff\xff\xffgetinfo" -m length --length 50:inf -j DROP
Thanks easy I added the ip to the ban list how exaclty is he crashing the servers without rcon?
He can crash servers with an old school packet dump...similiar to crashing/booting yahoo, msn, & other chat clients but on a larger scale.
Send enough packets and you can crash a network or even restart the victims' computer.
Purest evil... :twisted:
I used neotrace of this IP, located in Nürnberg.
man
what a dick head ![]()
INFO
84.149.231.52 (p5495E734.dip.t-dialin.net)
hmmm.... this IP is a Germyn IP from T-Online.
i think its a Dynamic IP.
Send enough packets and you can crash a network or even restart the victims' computer.
So this is basically a DOS attack?
oh so he is just changing his packets to a higher amount which crashes the server? oh i got it now if thats what it is.
So this is basically a DOS attack?
Not sure if that is what he is doing, but this is one possibility.
:-k
i dont understand punks that think its ok, nice, and funny to hack servers, IMHO i wouldnt even call u a hacker arshole, ur are a scriptkidde who had a hard childhood
Hmmm why he want to crash servers for this nice MOD ![]()













Exploit slip, dont need rcon just a crafty codeman : /