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title: "CVE-2013-4385\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4385

Publication date 9 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chicken | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.8.0.5-1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4385?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| chicken | * Upstream:   <http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git;a=commit;h=cd1b9775005ebe220ba11265dbf5396142e65f26> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4385)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4385)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4385)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4385)

### Other references

* <http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git;a=commit;h=cd1b9775005ebe220ba11265dbf5396142e65f26>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/26/7>
* <http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2013-09/msg00000.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4385>