Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pcre3 package, versions <2:8.39-3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.44% (75th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-PCRE3-345375
- published 23 Mar 2017
- disclosed 23 Mar 2017
Introduced: 23 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-7244 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 pcre3 to version 2:8.39-3 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
The _pcre32_xclass function in pcre_xclass.c in libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read) via a crafted file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7244
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7244
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-25
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/03/20/libpcre-invalid-memory-read-in-_pcre32_xclass-pcre_xclass-c/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97067
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-7244