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Re: Flex security update: RCE in generated code (CVE-2016-6354)
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: Flex security update: RCE in generated code (CVE-2016-6354) |
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Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:49:59 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) |
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 06:14:26PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: flex: Fix CVE-2016-6354.
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> * gnu/packages/flex.scm (flex)[replacement]: New field.
> (flex/fixed): New variable.
> * gnu/packages/patches/flex-CVE-2016-6354.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
As Mark pointed out on #guix, bugs in flex's generated code can not be
addressed with a graft. Also, the upstream tarballs that we build from
often contain code generated by flex.
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