USN-7336-1

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    USN-7336-1

    Published: 6 Mar 2025Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: gnuchess vulnerability

    Details: Michael Vaughan discovered an overflow vulnerability in GNU Chess that occurs when reading a specially crafted Portable Game Notation (PGN) file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU Chess to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7336-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-30184

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnuchess

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb11u1build0.22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.2.7-1+deb11u1build0.22.04.1

    Affected versions

    6.2.7-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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