Vigil@nce - gnuchess: buffer overflow via cmd_load
May 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 27/04/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via cmd_load() of
gnuchess, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to
run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/gnuchess-buffer-overflow-via-cmd-load-32102