Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting pcre package, versions <7.8-r0
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- published23 May 2024
- disclosed11 Jul 2017
Introduced: 11 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11164 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 pcre to version 7.8-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre package and not the pcre package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11164
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11164
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99575
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-11164
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E