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FreeBSD: VID-5A771686-9E33-11E8-8B2D-9CF7A8059466 (CVE-2017-9334): chicken -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-5A771686-9E33-11E8-8B2D-9CF7A8059466 (CVE-2017-9334): chicken -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/16/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/14/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

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(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-chicken

References

  • CVE-2017-9334

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