CVE-2008-3196

Publication date 16 July 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Description

skeleton.c in yacc does not properly handle reduction of a rule with an empty right hand side, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause an out-of-bounds stack access when the yacc stack pointer points to the end of the stack.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
byacc 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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