CVE-2012-5645
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 4.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 4.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Freeciv < 2.3.4
- Fedoraproject Fedora 16
- Fedoraproject Fedora 17
- Fedoraproject Fedora 18
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5645
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095378.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095381.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/096391.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/22/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/31/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41352
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5645
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696306
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5645