PT-2019-14654 · Gnu+1 · Gnucobol+1

Published 2019-09-17 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2019-16395

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GnuCOBOL version 2.2

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the cb name() function, located in the cobc/tree.c file. This overflow can be triggered by crafted COBOL source code.

Recommendations For GnuCOBOL version 2.2, consider restricting the use of the cb name() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using crafted COBOL source code that may exploit this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1732

CVE-2019-16395

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gnucobol

References · 8

• 🔥 https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/bugs/586 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16395 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16395 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-16395 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16395 · Vendor Advisory