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


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.54% (91st percentile)
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NVD
7.3 high
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-PCRE3-345409
  • published 2 Dec 2015
  • disclosed 2 Dec 2015

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?J)(?'d'(?'d'\g{d}))/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, a related issue to CVE-2015-8392 and CVE-2015-8395.