| Name | CVE-2013-4385 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the "read-string!" procedure in the "extras" unit in CHICKEN stable before 4.8.0.5 and development snapshots before 4.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a "#f" value in the NUM argument. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 724740 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| chicken (PTS) | buster | 4.13.0-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.2.0-2 | fixed |
| trixie, bookworm | 5.3.0-1 | fixed |
| sid | 5.3.0-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| chicken | source | (unstable) | 4.8.0.5-1 | low | | 724740 |
Notes
[wheezy] - chicken <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - chicken <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://code.call-cc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=chicken-core.git;a=commit;h=cd1b9775005ebe220ba11265dbf5396142e65f26