UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5645

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5645
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5645.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5645
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:48Z
Published
2019-12-30T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:03.189015Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freeciv

Package

Name
freeciv
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeciv@2.4.2-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.2-1

Affected versions

2.*
2.3.4-1
2.4.0-1
2.4.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.2-1",
            "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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5645.json"