Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting glib2 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.41% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-GLIB2-1954644
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Jun 2015

Introduced: 3 Jun 2015

CVE-2015-3217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 glib2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glib2 package and not the glib2 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\.|([^\\W_])?)+)+$/.

CVSS Scores

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