Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting pcre-tools package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PCRETOOLS-1971426
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jul 2017

Introduced: 10 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 pcre-tools.

NVD Description

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