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openSUSE freeciv Remote Crash Moderate Issue 2026-0155-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 27, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE freeciv addresses a moderate issue allowing remote server crashes. Installation instructions included.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for freeciv fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-33250: Fix a vulnerability allowing remote crashing of the

server (boo#1260036).

- update to version 3.0.10:

* Generic bugfix release* Generic bugfix release

* Fixed nation color selection assert failures when moving from pre-game

to turn 1

* Fixed a crash when city removal left a unit stranded

* Fixed growing of the internal string handling buffer, fixing, e.g.,

issues with very long lines in the savegame

* Fixed fc_vsnprintf() return value on Windows, fixing, e.g., issues on

loading the tutorial scenario

* Various internal changes which should only affect developers

* Fixed bad memory access while loading freeciv-2.6 format ruleset

* Miscellaneous improvements to in-game text and user documentation

* Miscellaneous changes to developer/install/ruleset docs

* Updated translations

* see https://freeciv.fandom.com/wiki/NEWS-3.0.10

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote crash freeciv OpenSUSE cve-2026-33250

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-155=1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-155=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

freeciv-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-debuginfo-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-debugsource-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-gtk3-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-gtk3-debuginfo-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-gtk4-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-gtk4-debuginfo-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-qt-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

freeciv-qt-debuginfo-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (noarch):

freeciv-lang-3.1.6-bp157.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

freeciv-3.0.10-bp156.2.3.1

freeciv-gtk3-3.0.10-bp156.2.3.1

freeciv-qt-3.0.10-bp156.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 (noarch):

freeciv-lang-3.0.10-bp156.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33250.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260036

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0155-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP6 openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate remote crash freeciv OpenSUSE cve-2026-33250

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