FKIE_CVE-2006-3913

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-07-28 00:04 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:28
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21171Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21254Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21352
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21171Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21254Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freeciv freeciv 2.1.0_beta1

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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.1.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      "value": "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-\u003eoffset 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-\u003elength value in the handle_unit_orders function in server/unithand.c."
    },
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      "value": "Desbordamiento de b\u00fafer en Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 y anteriores, y SVN 15 Jul 2006 y anteriores, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda) y posiblemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n mediante (1) un valor chunk_length (longitud de pedazo) negativo o (2) un valor grande de chunk-\u003eoffset (desplazamiento de pedazo) en un paquete PACKET_PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE_CHUNK para la funci\u00f3n generic_handle_player_attribute_chunk de common/packets.c, y (3)  un valor grande de packet-\u003elength (longitud de paquete) en la funci\u00f3n handle_unit_orders de server/unithand.c."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2006-3913",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:28:03.943",
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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}



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