Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre3 package, versions <2:8.35-7.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.01% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-PCRE3-345362
  • published2 Dec 2015
  • disclosed2 Dec 2015

Introduced: 2 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8382  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 pcre3 to version 2:8.35-7.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre3 package and not the pcre3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The match function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.37 mishandles the /(?:((abcd))|(((?:(?:(?:(?:abc|(?:abcdef))))b)abcdefghi)abc)|((*ACCEPT)))/ pattern and related patterns involving (*ACCEPT), which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (partially initialized memory and application crash) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-2547.

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