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SUSE: CVE-2016-6354: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6354: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/21/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer function in Flex before 2.6.1 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving num_to_read.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-at
  • suse-upgrade-bogofilter
  • suse-upgrade-firefox-fontconfig
  • suse-upgrade-flex
  • suse-upgrade-flex-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libbonobo
  • suse-upgrade-libbonobo-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libbonobo-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libbonobo-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libbonobo-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3
  • suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libkde4
  • suse-upgrade-libkde4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libkdecore4
  • suse-upgrade-libkdecore4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libksuseinstall1
  • suse-upgrade-libksuseinstall1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libnetpbm-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libnetpbm11
  • suse-upgrade-libnetpbm11-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libqtwebkit-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libqtwebkit4
  • suse-upgrade-libqtwebkit4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libwireshark8
  • suse-upgrade-libwireshark9
  • suse-upgrade-libwiretap6
  • suse-upgrade-libwiretap7
  • suse-upgrade-libwscodecs1
  • suse-upgrade-libwsutil7
  • suse-upgrade-libwsutil8
  • suse-upgrade-mdbtools
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-tools
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-sled
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-buildsymbols
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-other
  • suse-upgrade-netpbm
  • suse-upgrade-openslp
  • suse-upgrade-openslp-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-openslp-devel
  • suse-upgrade-openslp-server
  • suse-upgrade-perl-cyrus-imap
  • suse-upgrade-perl-cyrus-sieve-managesieve
  • suse-upgrade-sgmltool
  • suse-upgrade-wireshark
  • suse-upgrade-wireshark-devel
  • suse-upgrade-wireshark-gtk

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2195-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:2397-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1442-1
  • DSA-3653
  • GLSA-201701-31
  • CVE-2016-6354
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