CVE-2012-6125

Description

Chicken before 4.8.0 is susceptible to algorithmic complexity attacks related to hash table collisions.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.64%
Third-Party Advisory openwall.com Third-Party Advisory nongnu.org Third-Party Advisory nongnu.org Third-Party Advisory debian.org
Affected: chicken chicken
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2 third party advisory mailing list
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6125 third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6125 broken link
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00002.html patch mailing list third party advisory
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/chicken-hackers/2012-01/msg00020.html patch mailing list third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6125?
CVE-2012-6125 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-6125?
To fix CVE-2012-6125, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-6125 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-6125 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2012-6125?
CVE-2012-6125 affects chicken chicken.
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