| Name | CVE-2019-16395 |
| Description | GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the cb_name() function in cobc/tree.c via crafted COBOL source code. |
| 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 | 940949 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gnucobol (PTS) | buster | 2.2-5 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid, bookworm | 5 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gnucobol | source | (unstable) | 4.0~early~20200606-1 | low | | 940949 |
| open-cobol | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[buster] - gnucobol <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - open-cobol <ignored> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - open-cobol <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/bugs/586/
Fixed by: https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/code/3346/