Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-6125 (CCN-170874)

Assigned:2012-12-06
Published:2013-02-07
Updated:2019-11-05
Summary:Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexity attacks related to hash table collisions.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/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): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
3.7 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (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
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
2.6 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-20
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-6125

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-2012-6125

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
chicken-cve20126125-weak-security(170874)

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

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00002.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00020.html

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6125

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-2012-6125

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

    • 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:201261250000000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6125 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2019-10-31
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20126125000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6125 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2013-02-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20126125000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6125 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2013-02-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20126125000
    V
    		CVE-2012-6125 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2013-02-07
    BACK
    call-cc chicken *
    call-cc chicken 4.7.0