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Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre2 package, versions <10.31-1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High
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NVD
9.8 critical
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3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PCRE2-326075
  • published 5 May 2017
  • disclosed 5 May 2017
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Introduced: 5 May 2017

CVE-2017-8786 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 pcre2 to version 10.31-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre2 package and not the pcre2 package as distributed by Debian:10. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.