MGASA-2015-0034

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    MGASA-2015-0034

    Published: 21 Jan 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated freeciv packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: Updated freeciv packages to latest bugfix version, also fixing security vulnerability Freeciv 2.4.1 in Mageia 4 was built against an embedded version of lua 5.1, vulnerable to the following security issue: A heap-based overflow vulnerability was found in the way Lua handles varargs functions with many fixed parameters called with few arguments, leading to application crashes or, potentially, arbitrary code execution (CVE-2014-5461, mga#14038). As of this update, Freeciv is now built against the patched system version of lua 5.1. This update also provides Freeciv 2.4.4, a maintenance release in the 2.4.x stable branch with numerous bug fixes and minor new features. See the referenced release notes for details.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0034.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15038, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14038, http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.4.2, http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.4.3, http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.4.4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freeciv

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/freeciv?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.4-1.mga4

    Affected versions

    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
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