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freeciv — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3913

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.

Products
freeciv
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.0.8-3
CVEs
CVE-2006-3913
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3913

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Jul 2006, 00:04 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3913

freeciv

Fixed versions: 2.0.8-3

freeciv

Fixed versions: 2.0.8-3

freeciv

Fixed versions: 2.0.8-3

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3913",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:26.436385741Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3913"
      ]
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410538,
  "published_at": "2006-07-28T00:04:00+00:00"
}