CVE-2012-5645

HIGH 7.5CVE-2012-5645 · Published 30/12/2019 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-5645 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting freeciv (freeciv).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.3%, higher than 91.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.3.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
freeciv freeciv	`< 2.3.4`	`2.3.4`

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.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/41352 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645 · Broken Link
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi

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