Resource Management Errors Affecting chicken package, versions <4.12.0-0.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-CHICKEN-1543059
  • published21 Apr 2017
  • disclosed21 Apr 2017

Introduced: 21 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-9954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 chicken to version 4.12.0-0.2 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:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The backtrack compilation code in the Irregex package (aka IrRegular Expressions) before 0.9.6 for Scheme allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted regular expression with a repeating pattern.