Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-6123 (CCN-170876)

Assigned:2012-12-06
Published:2013-02-07
Updated:2020-08-18
Summary: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 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
6.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-6123

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2

Source: MISC
Type: Broken Link
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6123

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
chicken-cve20126123-weak-security(170876)

Source: CCN
Type: chicken Web site
A practical and portable Scheme system

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6123

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:16:41 -0700
Re: A small backlog of vulnerabilities in Chicken Scheme

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2012-6123

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 4.8.0)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:call-cc:chicken:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201261230000000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6123 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-10-31
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20126123000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6123 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2013-02-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20126123000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6123 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2013-02-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20126123000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6123 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-02-07
    BACK
    call-cc chicken *
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    debian debian linux 10.0
    call-cc chicken 4.7.0