Freeciv Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:16975

Info

Freeciv Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16975
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-0047
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 06 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 14 2006 06:58PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Luigi Auriemma.
Vulnerable: Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Gentoo Linux
Freeciv Freeciv 2.0.7
Freeciv Freeciv 2.0.4
Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.0 mips
Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
Debian Linux 3.0 arm
Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable: Freeciv Freeciv 2.0.8

Discussion

Freeciv Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The Freeciv game server is reported prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to deny service for legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

Freeciv Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited by sending a malformed large packet to an affected game server.

Solution / Fix

Freeciv Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue.

Please see the reference section for advisories and more information.


Freeciv Freeciv 2.0.4

Freeciv Freeciv 2.0.7

References

Freeciv Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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