CVE-2012-5645
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CVE-2012-5645 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freeciv | Freeciv | < 2.3.4 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 16 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 17 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 18 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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