CVE-2015-4556

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4556
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-29 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-01 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Call-cc Chicken All rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CHICKEN CVE-2015-4556 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-sec: Re: CVE request for buffer overrun in CHICKEN Scheme's string-translate* procedure MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-54) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[Chicken-announce] [SECURITY] Potential buffer overrun in string-transla MLIST lists.nongnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1231871 – CVE-2015-4556 chicken: out-of-bounds read in CHICKEN Scheme's string-translate* procedure CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
[Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] [SECURITY] Fix buffer overrun in string-transl MLIST lists.nongnu.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
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