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CVE-2012-5645 Details

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.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645	CVE	Broken Link
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-400	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freeciv freeciv	< 2.3.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	16 17 18
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]