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    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 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.

    Published:Jul 28, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jul 28, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.08871
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Freeciv
    Product
    Freeciv

    Exploits

    http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txthttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txthttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21171
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21254
    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/19117
    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.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21171
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21254
    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/19117
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High