UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2789
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789
Upstream
Published
2023-05-18T13:15:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T17:44:29.721247Z
Severity
  • 3.5 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was found in GNU cflow 1.7. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function funcbody/parsevariable_declaration of the file parser.c. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-229373 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
cflow

Package

Name
cflow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cflow@1:1.6-4?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.6-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow",
            "binary_version": "1:1.6-4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow-l10n",
            "binary_version": "1:1.6-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
cflow

Package

Name
cflow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cflow@1:1.7-2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.6-4
1:1.6-6
1:1.7-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow",
            "binary_version": "1:1.7-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow-l10n",
            "binary_version": "1:1.7-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
cflow

Package

Name
cflow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cflow@1:1.7-5?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.7-4
1:1.7-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow",
            "binary_version": "1:1.7-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow-l10n",
            "binary_version": "1:1.7-5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
cflow

Package

Name
cflow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cflow@1:1.8-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.7-5
1:1.8-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow",
            "binary_version": "1:1.8-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow-l10n",
            "binary_version": "1:1.8-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
cflow

Package

Name
cflow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cflow@1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.16.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1
1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.16.04.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.16.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
cflow

Package

Name
cflow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cflow@1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.18.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1
1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.18.04.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cflow",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4+dfsg1-3ubuntu1.18.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2789.json"