| Name | CVE-2008-3196 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 491182 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| byacc (PTS) | bullseye | 20140715-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:2.0.20221106-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:2.0.20241231-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| byacc | source | (unstable) | 20070509-1.1 | low | | 491182 |
Notes
[etch] - byacc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)