CVE-2012-6123

Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6123	Broken Link
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6123	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-10-31 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:13

NVD link : CVE-2012-6123

Mitre link : CVE-2012-6123

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-6123

JSON object : View

Products Affected

call-cc

chicken

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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