CVE-2012-6123
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
Chicken before 4.8.0 does not properly handle NUL bytes in certain strings, which allows an attacker to conduct "poisoned NUL byte attack."
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2012-6123
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2019-10-31T21:15:11
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-08-18T15:05:57
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:call-cc:chicken:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.8.0 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 6.5
- Base Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 2.8
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6123 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/08/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6123 | Broken Link |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6123 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6123 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:20:08 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-04 05:17:12 | 2019-10-31T21:15Z | 2019-10-31T21:15:11 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-04 05:17:12 | 2020-08-18T15:05:57 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-04 05:17:12 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |