GLSA 202408-16: re2c: Denial of Service
Severity: | normal |
Title: | re2c: Denial of Service |
Date: | 08/09/2024 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202408-16 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in re2c, which can lead to a denial of service.Background
re2c is a tool for generating C-based recognizers from regular expressions.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
dev-util/re2c | < 2.0 | >= 2.0 | All supported architectures |
Description
Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact
Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All re2c users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/re2c-2.0"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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