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Debian DSA-1142-1 : freeciv - missing boundary checks

high Nessus Plugin ID 22684

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Luigi Auriemma discovered missing boundary checks in freeciv, a clone of the well known Civilisation game, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the freeciv package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.1-1sarge2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=381378

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22684

File Name: debian_DSA-1142.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freeciv, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3913

BID: 19117

DSA: 1142