CVE-2006-3913: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri Jul 28 2006(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Freeciv Freeciv | =2.1.0_beta1 |
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Reference Links
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21171
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21254
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
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