Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3913
CVE-2006-3913
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
12- secunia.com/advisories/21254nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txtnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/21171nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21352nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/1296nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956nvd
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