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CVE-2013-4385

Published: 9 October 2013

Buffer overflow in the "read-string!" procedure in the "extras" unit in CHICKEN stable before 4.8.0.5 and development snapshots before 4.8.3 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.

Priority

High

Status

Package Release Status
chicken
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
raring Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
trusty
Released (4.8.0.5-1)
upstream
Released (4.8.0.5, 4.8.3)
utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.8.0.5-1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(4.8.0.5-1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4.8.0.5-1)
Patches:
upstream: http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git;a=commit;h=cd1b9775005ebe220ba11265dbf5396142e65f26