CVE-2006-3913

Public Exploit

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.87% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942	vdb entry
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt	exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/21254	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21352	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117	vdb entry exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135	vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21171	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3913?: CVE-2006-3913 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3913?: To fix CVE-2006-3913, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3913 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3913 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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