CVE-2012-6123

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Published Oct 31, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

chicken

chicken

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`before 4.8.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

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:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5990	Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.277% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6123
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6123

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Call-cc Chicken

Debian Debian Linux

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 9:28 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Oct 31, 2019, 8:38 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 9:28 PM
Reserved: Dec 6, 2012, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:47 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 31, 2019, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:47 PM

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