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GLSA-201612-54 : Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 96229

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-54 (Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chicken. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Chicken users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-scheme/chicken-4.10.0-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96229

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-54.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Published: 1/3/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chicken, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2024, CVE-2013-4385, CVE-2014-3776, CVE-2014-9651, CVE-2015-4556

GLSA: 201612-54