Buffer overflow in socket/request.c in CrossFire before 1.9.0, when oldsocketmode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute code by sending the server a large request.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24932
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0760
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16883
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-11.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1001
http://secunia.com/advisories/19785
http://secunia.com/advisories/19194
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/crossfire/crossfire/socket/request.c?r1=1.80&r2=1.81