Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the server component of Freeciv before 2.3.4 processed certain packets. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted packet that, when processed would lead to memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
freeciv	freeciv	before 2.3.4

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645Broken Link
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645Broken Link
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 30, 2019
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified