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SUSE: CVE-2015-8972: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2015-8972: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/23/2016
Modified
06/19/2021

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ValidateMove function in frontend/move.cc in GNU Chess (aka gnuchess) before 6.2.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large input, as demonstrated when in UCI mode.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-gnuchess

References

  • CVE-2015-8972

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