MGASA-2020-0194 - Updated gnuchess packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0194.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-15767

Updated gnuchess package fixes security vulnerability:

A vulnerability was found in GNU Chess 6.2.5, there is a stack-based buffer
overflow in the cmd_load function in frontend/cmd.cc via a crafted chess
position in an EPD file (CVE-2019-15767).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26557
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15767

SRPMS:
- 7/core/gnuchess-6.2.6-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0194: gnuchess security update

Updated gnuchess package fixes security vulnerability: A vulnerability was found in GNU Chess 6.2.5, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_load function in frontend/cm...

Summary

Updated gnuchess package fixes security vulnerability:
A vulnerability was found in GNU Chess 6.2.5, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_load function in frontend/cmd.cc via a crafted chess position in an EPD file (CVE-2019-15767).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26557

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/TB4FURVE4C35UDXGAAHJL5NIHJQ3WDZT/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15767

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0194 - Updated gnuchess packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/gnuchess-6.2.6-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 05 May 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0194.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-15767

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