CVE-2006-3913
Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk_length or a (2) large chunk->offset value in a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk_length or a (2) large chunk->offset value in a PACKET_PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE_CHUNK packet in the generic_handle_player_attribute_chunk function in common/packets.c, and (3) a large packet->length value in the handle_unit_orders function in server/unithand.c.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.72% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- freeciv/freeciv
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txtExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21171Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21254Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txtExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21171Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21254Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.