CVE-2016-6831
CHICKEN Denial of Service and Resource Exhaustion Memory Leak
Description
The "process-execute" and "process-spawn" procedures did not free memory correctly when the execve() call failed, resulting in a memory leak. This could be abused by an attacker to cause resource exhaustion or a denial of service. This affects all releases of CHICKEN up to and including 4.11 (it will be fixed in 4.12 and 5.0, which are not yet released).
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 10, 2017, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 11, 2017, 2:55 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-6831.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-announce/2016-08/msg00001.html Vendor Advisory, Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92550 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:4.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6831 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6831
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.10 }} 0.00%
score
0.38726
percentile