vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-9334: chicken -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 1, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

An incorrect "pair?" check in the Scheme "length" procedure results in an unsafe pointer dereference in all CHICKEN Scheme versions prior to 4.13, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by passing an improper list to an application that calls "length" on it.

Solution

debian-upgrade-chicken
Title
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