PT-2017-7509 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Chess+1

Antti Karjalainen · Published 2016-11-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-8972

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Chess versions prior to 6.2.4

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the ValidateMove function, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large input, particularly when the software is in UCI mode.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.2.4, update to version 6.2.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1103

CVE-2015-8972

MGASA-2016-0390

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10338-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnu Chess

References · 21

• 🔥 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html · Exploit
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-1103 · Vendor Advisory
• http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/chess?revision=134&view=revision · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8972 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0390.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-8972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8972 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8972 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8972 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10338-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/2 · Note