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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-3913 Detail

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21171 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21254 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21352 CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3913
NVD Published Date:
07/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE