CVE-2012-6123 Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."
MediumCVSS 6.5
EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/chicken(Debian:12) | < 4.8.0-1 | 4.8.0-1 |
| debian/chicken(Debian:13) | < 4.8.0-1 | 4.8.0-1 |
| debian/chicken(Debian:14) | < 4.8.0-1 | 4.8.0-1 |
| chicken | = before 4.8.0 | No fix listed |
| call-cc chicken | < 4.8.0 | 4.8.0 |
| debian linux | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 9.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 10.0 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2012-6123 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- access.redhat.com broken-link
- www.openwall.com mailing-list third-party-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking