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FreeBSD: VID-5A771686-9E33-11E8-8B2D-9CF7A8059466 (CVE-2017-11343): chicken -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-5A771686-9E33-11E8-8B2D-9CF7A8059466 (CVE-2017-11343): chicken -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/16/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/14/2018
Modified
08/14/2018

Description

Due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-6125, all versions of CHICKEN Scheme up to and including 4.12.0 are vulnerable to an algorithmic complexity attack. An attacker can provide crafted input which, when inserted into the symbol table, will result in O(n) lookup time.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-chicken

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