DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6293

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6293

    Published: 15 Jan 2019Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-6293

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in the function mark_beginning_as_normal in nfa.c in flex 2.6.4. There is a stack exhaustion problem caused by the mark_beginning_as_normal function making recursive calls to itself in certain scenarios involving lots of '*' characters. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6293

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: flex

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/flex?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.6.4-8.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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