Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title re2c vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4338-2 First vendor Publication 2020-04-28
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-04-28
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

re2c could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted file.

Software Description: - re2c: tool for generating fast C-based recognizers

Details:

USN-4338-1 fixed vulnerabilities in re2c. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Agostino Sarubbo discovered that re2c incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
re2c 1.3-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4338-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4338-1
CVE-2020-11958

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/re2c/1.3-1ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4338-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 2

Alert History

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2020-04-28 17:19:47
  • First insertion