Buffer Overflow Affecting chicken package, versions <4.8.0.3-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.2% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-CHICKEN-527008
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed31 Oct 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2012-6122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 chicken to version 4.8.0.3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chicken package and not the chicken package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the thread scheduler in Chicken before 4.8.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by opening a file descriptor with a large integer value.

CVSS Scores

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