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).
References
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http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Configurations
History
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References | () http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
Information
Published : 2017-01-10 15:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:56
NVD link : CVE-2016-6831
Mitre link : CVE-2016-6831
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6831
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Products Affected
call-cc
- chicken
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption