Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-3776 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Call-Cc Chicken 4.8.0.7/4.9.0

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
call-cc
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2014-05-20
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

Buffer overflow in the "read-u8vector!" procedure in the srfi-4 unit in CHICKEN stable 4.8.0.7 and development snapshots before 4.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a "#f" value in the NUM argument.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Call-Cc
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-6551.NASL
    descriptionFix for CVE-2014-3776. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-08-09
    plugin id77092
    published2014-08-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77092
    titleFedora 20 : chicken-4.8.0.6-2.fc20 (2014-6551)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-6553.NASL
    descriptionFix for CVE-2014-3776 and bump to 4.8.0.6. Latest upstream release. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-08-09
    plugin id77093
    published2014-08-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77093
    titleFedora 19 : chicken-4.8.0.6-2.fc19 (2014-6553)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201612-54.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-54 (Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chicken. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id96229
    published2017-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96229
    titleGLSA-201612-54 : Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities

References