CVE - CVE-2006-0459

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-0459	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
flex.skl in Will Estes and John Millaway Fast Lexical Analyzer Generator (flex) before 2.5.33 does not allocate enough memory for grammars containing (1) REJECT statements or (2) trailing context rules, which causes flex to generate code that contains a buffer overflow that might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code.
References
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MLIST:[flex-announce] 20060222 flex 2.5.33 released URL:http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20060223020346.GA11231%40tabitha.home.tldz.org&forum_name=flex-announce CONFIRM:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flex/flex-2.5.33.tar.bz2?download DEBIAN:DSA-1020 URL:http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1020 GENTOO:GLSA-200603-07 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-07.xml UBUNTU:USN-260-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/260-1/ BID:16896 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16896 VUPEN:ADV-2006-0770 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0770 OSVDB:23440 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/23440 SECUNIA:19071 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19071 SECUNIA:19424 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19424 SECUNIA:19126 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19126 SECUNIA:19228 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/19228 SREASON:570 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/570 XF:flex-bypass-security(24995) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24995
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20060127	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060127)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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