Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pcre2-debuginfo package, versions <0:10.40-1.amzn2022.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.77% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-PCRE2DEBUGINFO-3103878
  • published4 Nov 2022
  • disclosed16 May 2022

Introduced: 16 May 2022

CVE-2022-1587  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 pcre2-debuginfo to version 0:10.40-1.amzn2022.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-191.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre2-debuginfo package and not the pcre2-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in the PCRE2 library in the get_recurse_data_length() function of the pcre2_jit_compile.c file. This issue affects recursions in JIT-compiled regular expressions caused by duplicate data transfers.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1