CVE-2012-6123 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

Published: 2019-10-31

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

chicken

chicken

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 4.8.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5990	Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00425.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6123
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6123

History

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Subscriptions

Call-cc Chicken

Debian Debian Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-10-31T20:38:39.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:28:39.385Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6123

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-31T21:15:11.857

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:45:52.293

Link: CVE-2012-6123

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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