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FreeBSD : chicken -- multiple vulnerabilities (5a771686-9e33-11e8-8b2d-9cf7a8059466)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111655

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

CHICKEN reports :

- CVE-2017-6949: Unchecked malloc() call in SRFI-4 constructors when allocating in non-GC memory, resulting in potential 1-word buffer overrun and/or segfault

- CVE-2017-9334: 'length' crashes on improper lists

- CVE-2017-11343: The randomization factor of the symbol table was set before the random seed was set, causing it to have a fixed value on many platforms

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://code.call-cc.org/releases/4.13.0/NEWS

http://www.nessus.org/u?5cff48b7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111655

File Name: freebsd_pkg_5a7716869e3311e88b2d9cf7a8059466.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 8/13/2018

Updated: 8/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6949

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:chicken

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11343, CVE-2017-6949, CVE-2017-9334