ubuntu-cve-2012-5645
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-12-30 20:15
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "freeciv-client-extras",
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeciv-client-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeciv-client-sdl",
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeciv-client-xaw3d",
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeciv-data",
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeciv-server",
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeciv-sound-standard",
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "freeciv",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeciv@2.4.2-1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.2-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.3.4-1",
        "2.4.0-1",
        "2.4.1-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5645",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:09Z",
  "published": "2019-12-30T20:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5645"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivet-adv.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS-2.3.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5645"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2012-5645"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:48Z"
}



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