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Freeciv Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running Freeciv and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
- Malloc exception in 'jumbo' packet within the common/packet.c. Endless loop in packets PACKET_PLAYER_INFO, PACKET_GAME_INFO, PACKET_EDIT_PLAYER_CREATE, PACKET_EDIT_PLAYER_REMOVE, PACKET_EDIT_CITY and PACKET_EDIT_PLAYER use some particular functions that can be tricked into an endless loop that freezes the server with CPU at 100%.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Freeciv Version 2.2.1 and prior
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.2.2 or later.