Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting bogofilter-bogoupgrade package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-BOGOFILTERBOGOUPGRADE-1967345
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Jul 2016

Introduced: 18 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-6354  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 bogofilter-bogoupgrade.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bogofilter-bogoupgrade package and not the bogofilter-bogoupgrade package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex before 2.6.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read.