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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-28">
  <title>re2c: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in re2c could lead to a Denial of Service
    condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">re2c</product>
  <announced>2020-07-27</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-07-27</revised>
  <bug>718350</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-util/re2c" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.3-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.3-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>re2c is a tool for generating C-based recognizers from regular
      expressions.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in re2c.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>An attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All re2c users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-util/re2c-1.3-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11958">CVE-2020-11958</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-06-13T17:20:09Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-27T00:20:01Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>