Package: chicken X-Debbugs-CC: t...@security.debian.org secure-testing-t...@lists.alioth.debian.org Severity: grave Tags: security
Hi, the following vulnerability was published for chicken. CVE-2017-9334[0]: | An incorrect "pair?" check in the Scheme "length" procedure results in | an unsafe pointer dereference in all CHICKEN Scheme versions prior to | 4.13, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by passing | an improper list to an application that calls "length" on it. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9334 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9334 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
