Summary
The remote host is missing an update to freeciv
announced via advisory DSA 1142-1.
Luigi Auriemma discovered missing boundary checks in freeciv, a clone of the well known Civilisation game, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.1-1sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your freeciv package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201142-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-3913 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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