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CVE-2015-4556 (GCVE-0-2015-4556)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-29 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18

Summary

The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2350 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231871	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/712	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hack…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-anno…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97293	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2015-06-15 00:00

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CNVD-2017-04805

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2017-04-20

Title

CHICKEN拒绝服务漏洞

Description

CHICKEN是一款基于Scheme语言的编译器和解释器，它能够将Scheme代码编译成标准C代码，且支持扩展。 CHICKEN 4.10.0之前的版本中数据结构单元中的string-translate* procedure存在安全漏洞。远程攻击者可利用该漏洞造成拒绝服务（崩溃）。

Severity

中

Patch Name

CHICKEN拒绝服务漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

CHICKEN是一款基于Scheme语言的编译器和解释器，它能够将Scheme代码编译成标准C代码，且支持扩展。 CHICKEN 4.10.0之前的版本中数据结构单元中的string-translate* procedure存在安全漏洞。远程攻击者可利用该漏洞造成拒绝服务（崩溃）。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复此安全问题，详情请关注厂商主页： http://www.call-cc.org/

Reference

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html

Impacted products

Name
CHICKEN CHICKEN <4.10.0

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FKIE_CVE-2015-4556

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-29 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:27

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html	Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2015-06/msg00037.html	Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/712	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97293
cve@mitre.org	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231871	Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.org	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2015-06/msg00037.html	Patch, Third Party Advisory
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231871	Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-54

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	call-cc	chicken	*

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GHSA-J22H-W3HQ-G7H8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:38 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:38

Details

The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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GSD-2015-4556

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19

Details

The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

Aliases

CVE-2015-4556

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UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4556 (CVE-2015-4556)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-03-29 14:59 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:37 – Source website

Details

The string-translate* procedure in the data-structures unit in CHICKEN before 4.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4556	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/15/1	REPORT
	http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-anno…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4556	REPORT

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