Improper Input Validation Affecting pcre package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.03% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PCRE-1982295
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Feb 2017

Introduced: 23 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-7186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 pcre.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre package and not the pcre package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 and libpcre2 in PCRE2 10.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation for read access, and application crash) by triggering an invalid Unicode property lookup.