In Teeworlds before 0.6.5, connection packets could be forged. There was no challenge-response involved in the connection build up. A remote attacker could send connection packets from a spoofed IP address and occupy all server slots, or even use them for a reflection attack using map download packets.
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"last_affected": "9.0"
}
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}
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},
{
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}
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}"2026-05-30T12:08:49Z"
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{
"digest": {
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},
"signature_version": "v1",
"id": "CVE-2018-18541-c881deaf",
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"file": "src/game/server/gamecontext.cpp"
},
"source": "https://github.com/teeworlds/teeworlds/commit/344a58cd858669f2b742827024dff7fd25fccccf"
},
{
"digest": {
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"length": 647.0
},
"signature_version": "v1",
"id": "CVE-2018-18541-f57a6fcb",
"signature_type": "Function",
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"target": {
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"function": "CGameContext::OnClientDrop"
},
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}
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