Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pcre3 package, versions <2:8.35-7.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PCRE3-345389
- published 27 Jun 2018
- disclosed 14 Jan 2020
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:10
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.