In GNU Chess 6.2.5, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_load function in frontend/cmd.cc via a crafted chess position in an EPD file.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In GNU Chess 6.2.5, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_load function in frontend/cmd.cc via     a crafted chess position in an EPD file. (CVE-2019-15767)

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6.2.6

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
255723	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-15767	Nessus	Misc.	high
135998	Fedora 31 : gnuchess (2020-dbccd7e9be)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
135991	Fedora 30 : gnuchess (2020-3eaf264c4b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2019-15767

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Tenable Plugins

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