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GLSA-202007-28 : re2c: Buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 138951

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-28 (re2c: Buffer overflow)

 A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in re2c.
 Impact :

 An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All re2c users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/re2c-1.3-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-28

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138951

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202007-28.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 7/27/2020

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11958

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:re2c

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11958

GLSA: 202007-28