SB2014052002 - Multiple vulnerabilities in call-cc Chicken Scheme 

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SB2014052002 - Multiple vulnerabilities in call-cc Chicken Scheme

Published: May 20, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014052002
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1874)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in csi in Chicken before 4.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse .csirc in the current working directory. <a href = http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html> CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path </a>


2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3776)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a "#f" value in the NUM argument.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References