| Name | CVE-2022-23901 |
| Description | A stack overflow re2c 2.2 exists due to infinite recursion issues in src/dfa/dead_rules.cc. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| re2c (PTS) | jessie | 0.13.5-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.16-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.0.3-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| re2c | source | (unstable) | 3.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/issues/394
https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/commit/a3473fd7be829cb33907cb08612f955133c70a96 (3.0)
https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/commit/039c18949190c5de5397eba504d2c75dad2ea9ca (3.0)
Crash im CLI tool, no security impact
[stretch] - re2c <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - re2c <no-dsa> (Minor issue)