Description (CNA)
GNU Chess 6.2.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PGN (Portable Game Notation) data. This is related to a buffer overflow in the use of a .tmp.epd temporary file in the cmd_pgnload and cmd_pgnreplay functions in frontend/cmd.cc.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00000.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXOTMUSBVUZNA3JMPG6BU37DQW2YOJWS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QC74RWMDLSQGV6Z3ZABNTPABB33S4YNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SOGPLC77ZL2FACSOE5MWDS3YH3RBNQAQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-28
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00000.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-chess/2021-04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXOTMUSBVUZNA3JMPG6BU37DQW2YOJWS/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QC74RWMDLSQGV6Z3ZABNTPABB33S4YNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SOGPLC77ZL2FACSOE5MWDS3YH3RBNQAQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-28
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00007.html