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Bug 906713 (CVE-2023-2789)

Summary: dev-util/cflow: stack overflow
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: John Helmert III <ajak>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: maintainer-needed
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://github.com/DaisyPo/fuzzing-vulncollect/blob/main/cflow/stack-overflow/parser.c/README.md
Whiteboard: ??
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-05-19 03:26:34 UTC
CVE-2023-2789:

A vulnerability was found in GNU cflow 1.7. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function func_body/parse_variable_declaration of the file parser.c. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-229373 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

No links to upstream, but seems like upstream's archives are full of
vulnerability reports:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cflow/