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Bug 711196 (CVE-2019-16165, CVE-2019-16166) - <dev-util/cflow-1.7: multiple vulnerabilities
Summary: <dev-util/cflow-1.7: multiple vulnerabilities
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2019-16165, CVE-2019-16166
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal trivial
Assignee: Gentoo Security
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Whiteboard: ~3 [noglsa cve]
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Reported: 2020-03-01 17:56 UTC by Sam James
Modified: 2022-08-16 20:58 UTC (History)
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Description Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-03-01 17:56:53 UTC 
1) CVE-2019-16165
Description:
"GNU cflow through 1.6 has a use-after-free in the reference function in parser.c."

Report: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cflow/2019-04/msg00001.html

2) CVE-2019-16166
Description:
"GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken function in parser.c."

Report: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cflow/2019-04/msg00000.html
Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2020-03-02 22:37:28 UTC 
Package has no stable ebuild.

Also, crash in CLI tool, no real security impact.
Comment 2 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2020-04-22 21:13:33 UTC 
CVE-2019-16166 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16166):
  GNU cflow through 1.6 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the nexttoken
  function in parser.c.

CVE-2019-16165 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16165):
  GNU cflow through 1.6 has a use-after-free in the reference function in
  parser.c.
Comment 3 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2021-12-30 17:14:12 UTC 
Changelog for 1.7 says it fixes these.
Comment 4 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2021-12-30 17:52:55 UTC 
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3d89d0c81148fbcc32c51d084713bd5e731c418f

commit 3d89d0c81148fbcc32c51d084713bd5e731c418f
Author:     John Helmert III <ajak@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-12-30 17:51:18 +0000
Commit:     John Helmert III <ajak@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2021-12-30 17:52:31 +0000

    dev-util/cflow: add 1.7
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/711196
    Signed-off-by: John Helmert III <ajak@gentoo.org>

 dev-util/cflow/Manifest         |  1 +
 dev-util/cflow/cflow-1.7.ebuild | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+)
Comment 5 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-08-16 20:58:41 UTC 
Tree is clean:

commit df6cc9977c4576a3f1efb70c7958dcb4f37e1a2e
Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sun Apr 17 19:53:06 2022 +0100

    dev-util/cflow: drop 1.6

    Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>