Gentoo: GLSA-200603-07 Normal: flex Buffer Overflow Risk
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March 10, 2006
flex might generate code with a buffer overflow, making applications using such scanners vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-07
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: flex: Potential insecure code generation
Date: March 10, 2006
Bugs: #122940
ID: 200603-07
Synopsis
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flex might generate code with a buffer overflow, making applications
using such scanners vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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flex is a programming tool used to generate scanners (programs which
recognize lexical patterns in text).
Affected packages
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1 sys-devel/flex < 2.5.33-r1 >= 2.5.33-r1
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Chris Moore discovered a buffer overflow in a special class of
lexicographical scanners generated b...
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