Bug 1395209 – CVE-2015-8972 gnuchess: Stack-based buffer overflow on user move input

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Bug 1395209 - (CVE-2015-8972) CVE-2015-8972 gnuchess: Stack-based buffer overflow on user move input

Summary:	CVE-2015-8972 gnuchess: Stack-based buffer overflow on user move input

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	CVE-2015-8972

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Reopened, Security

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Blocks:	1395210
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Reported:	2016-11-15 07:13 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2016-11-17 03:53 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	gnuchess 6.2.4
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Last Closed:	2016-11-17 03:53:08 EST
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-11-15 07:13:38 EST

A stack-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by supplying user move input larger than 128 bytes was found in gnuchess.

Upstream bug report:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2015-10/msg00002.html

Upstream patch:

http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc?view=rev&root=chess&revision=134

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/426

Comment 1 Gwyn Ciesla 2016-11-15 08:43:44 EST

6.2.4 is in rawhide, stable f24 and f23.  The update is on it's way to stable in f25.

Comment 2 Martin Prpič 2016-11-16 02:51:10 EST

(In reply to Jon Ciesla from comment #1)
> 6.2.4 is in rawhide, stable f24 and f23.  The update is on it's way to
> stable in f25.

Please do not close bugs against the Security Response component. This bug tracks the issue across many products, not just Fedora.

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