CVE-2006-3913

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    CVE-2006-3913

    Published: 28 Jul 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/21171, http://secunia.com/advisories/21254, http://secunia.com/advisories/21352, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942, http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117, http://secunia.com/advisories/21254, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956

    Affected packages

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    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