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title: "CVE-2006-3913\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-3913

Publication date 28 July 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and
earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk\_length or a (2)
large chunk->offset value in a PACKET\_PLAYER\_ATTRIBUTE\_CHUNK packet in the
generic\_handle\_player\_attribute\_chunk function in common/packets.c, and (3)
a large packet->length value in the handle\_unit\_orders function in
server/unithand.c.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freeciv | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.0.8-3 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.0.8-3 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.0.8-3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.0.8-3 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.0.8-3 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.0.8-3 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.8-3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3913)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3913)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3913)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3913)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3913>