High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5645
CVE-2012-5645
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the server component of Freeciv before 2.3.4 processed certain packets. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted packet that, when processed would lead to memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
13- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645nvdBroken Link
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