CVE-2012-5645

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5645
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-12-30 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-03 17:46:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Application Freeciv Freeciv All All All All
Application Freeciv Freeciv All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: freeciv-2.3.3-1.fc17 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: freeciv-2.3.3-1.fc18 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - About CVE-2012-5645 MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: About CVE-2012-5645 MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
888331 – (CVE-2012-5645) CVE-2012-5645 freeciv: DoS (memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption) via malformed network packets MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Freeciv Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2012-5645 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: About CVE-2012-5645 MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- Freeciv (X < 2.3.3): DoS (memory exhaustion or excessive CPU consumption) via malformed network packets MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: About CVE-2012-5645 MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: freeciv-2.3.3-1.fc16 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
#696306 - freeciv: CVE-2012-5645 - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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