PT-2006-1525 · Gnu · Flex

Chris Moore · CVE-2006-0459 · Published 2006-03-29 · Updated 2023-10-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions flex versions prior to 2.5.33

Description The issue is related to the allocation of memory for grammars containing REJECT statements or trailing context rules. This causes the generation of code that contains a buffer overflow, which might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.33, update to version 2.5.33 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0459

DSA-1020-1

Affected Products

Flex

References · 19

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-0459 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19071 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/260-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19424 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0459 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0459 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/23440 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19228 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16896 · Patch
• http://us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0459 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19126 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-07.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24995 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0770 · Note