Gentoo update for re2c



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2018-21232
CWE-ID CWE-674
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Gentoo Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

dev-util/re2c
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Uncontrolled Recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU31884

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-21232

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion that causes stack consumption in find_fixed_tags.A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
dev-util/re2c to version: 2.0

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

dev-util/re2c: before 2.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-16


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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