CVE-2012-5645
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-30 19:57Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 68f813fe93ca2e322f5d257c643ce0467113c1cf49a5d2ea2c3e2d7bbfa0f2da
05 Affected products
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8
- www.securityfocus.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freeciv Fixed in 2.3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freeciv Fixed in 2.3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freeciv Fixed in 2.3.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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