Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre3 package, versions <2:8.35-7.2


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 5.01% (93rd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PCRE3-345362
  • published 2 Dec 2015
  • disclosed 2 Dec 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 pcre3 to version 2:8.35-7.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre3 package and not the pcre3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.