VDB-43266 · CVE-2008-3196 · SA31073

yacc skeleton.c resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in yacc. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file skeleton.c. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-3196. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in yacc (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the file skeleton.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 07/16/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3196 since 07/16/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA31073†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Timelineinfo

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03/17/2015 +2433 days 🔍
11/22/2017 +981 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-3196 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3196
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43266
Secunia: 31073 - Berkley Yacc Denial of Service Security Issue, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2151

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 11/22/2017 09:49
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (45), 11/22/2017 09:49 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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