Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703653
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3653-2)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flex' package(s) announced via the DSA-3653-2 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'flex' package(s) announced via the DSA-3653-2 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Alexander Sulfrian discovered a buffer overflow in the yy_get_next_buffer() function generated by Flex, which may result in denial of service and potentially the execution of code if operating on data from untrusted sources. Affected applications need to be rebuild. bogofilter will be rebuild against the updated flex in a followup update. Further affected applications should be reported at the bug referenced above. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.39-8+deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.1-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.1-1. We recommend that you upgrade your flex packages. Affected Software/OS: 'flex' package(s) on Debian 8. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6354 Debian Security Information: DSA-3653 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3653 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-31 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/26/12
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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