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GLSA-200805-11 : Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities

🗓️ 13 May 2008 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Chicken software: PCRE vulnerabilit

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200805-11.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(32302);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/04/02");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200805-11");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200805-11 : Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200805-11
(Chicken: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Chicken includes a copy of PCRE which is vulnerable to multiple buffer
    overflows and memory corruption vulnerabilities (GLSA 200711-30).
  
Impact :

    An attacker could entice a user to process specially crafted regular
    expressions with Chicken, which could possibly lead to the execution of
    arbitrary code, a Denial of Service or the disclosure of sensitive
    information.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200711-30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200805-11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All Chicken users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-scheme/chicken-3.1.0'");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"Medium");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:chicken");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-scheme/chicken", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.1.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.1.0"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Chicken");
}

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