Out-of-bounds Read Affecting cflow package, versions <1:1.6-6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CFLOW-466407
  • published10 Sept 2019
  • disclosed9 Sept 2019

Introduced: 9 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable cflow to version 1:1.6-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cflow package and not the cflow package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c.

CVSS Scores

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