| Name | CVE-2019-11640 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in GNU recutils 1.8. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function rec_fex_parse_str_simple at rec-fex.c in librec.a. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| recutils (PTS) | bullseye | 1.8-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.9-2 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 1.9-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| recutils | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
Negligible security impact