CVE-2021-30184

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-30184
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-07 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:33:00 UTC
DescriptionGNU Chess 6.2.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PGN (Portable Game Notation) data. This is related to a buffer overflow in the use of a .tmp.epd temporary file in the cmd_pgnload and cmd_pgnreplay functions in frontend/cmd.cc.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Gnu Chess 6.2.7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: gnuchess-6.2.7-5.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Buffer Overflows in cmd.cc MISC lists.gnu.org
GNU Chess: Buffer overflow (GLSA 202107-28) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: gnuchess-6.2.7-5.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: gnuchess-6.2.7-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Buffer Overflows in cmd.cc MISC lists.gnu.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: gnuchess-6.2.7-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: gnuchess-6.2.7-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: gnuchess-6.2.7-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 281341 Fedora Security Update for gnuchess (FEDORA-2021-ff3297913b)
  • 281342 Fedora Security Update for gnuchess (FEDORA-2021-a58cb9bc7a)
  • 281343 Fedora Security Update for gnuchess (FEDORA-2021-2c714d311f)
  • 502088 Alpine Linux Security Update for gnuchess
  • 710047 Gentoo Linux GNU Chess Buffer overflow (GLSA 202107-28)
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