CVE-2006-3913

N/A Unknown
Published: July 28, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/21171
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21254
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/21171
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21254
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.9%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

freeciv