Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting pcre package, versions <0:8.21-7.9.amzn1
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- published 9 Jun 2023
- disclosed 13 Dec 2016
Introduced: 13 Dec 2016
CVE-2015-5073 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03
pcre
to version 0:8.21-7.9.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1767
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre
package and not the pcre
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2018.03
relevant fixed versions and status.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5073
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/1
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1571
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1651
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/26/3
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75430
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?revision=1609&view=markup
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033154
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html