CVE-2016-6831
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-6831 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-01-10 15:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2017-01-11 02:55:00 UTC |
| Description | The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures did not free memory correctly when the execve() call failed, resulting in a memory leak. This could be abused by an attacker to cause resource exhaustion or a denial of service. This affects all releases of CHICKEN up to and including 4.11 (it will be fixed in 4.12 and 5.0, which are not yet released). |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-400
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Chicken-announce] [SECURITY] Buffer overrun in process-execute and proc | MLIST | lists.nongnu.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CHICKEN Buffer Overflow and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.