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Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting glib2 package, versions *

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.4% (87th percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-GLIB2-2833874
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 7 Aug 2014
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Introduced: 7 Aug 2014

CVE-2015-2328 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-674 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 glib2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2 package and not the glib2 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.