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."
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| chicken | chicken | before 4.8.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | chicken | 4.8.0-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | chicken | 4.8.0-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | chicken | 4.8.0-1 | — |