CVE-2016-6831

Published Jan 10, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
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).

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-643-1 chicken security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7716 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).
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:43 AM
Reserved
Aug 17, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 10, 2017, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:51 AM