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Debian 7 DLA-908-1 Critical: Chicken Package Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey April 23, 2017
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It was found that CHICKEN did not sanitize the size argument when allocating SRFI-4 vectors, which could lead to segfaults or buffer overflows with some sizes
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security advisory buffer overflow critical Debian CHICKEN package

Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
4.7.0-1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your chicken packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: chicken
Version: 4.7.0-1+deb7u2
CVE ID: CVE-2017-6949
Debian Bug: 858057

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security advisory buffer overflow critical Debian CHICKEN package

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