Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre3 package, versions <2:8.38-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PCRE3-345455
- published 2 Dec 2015
- disclosed 2 Dec 2015
Introduced: 2 Dec 2015
CVE-2015-8380 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 pcre3 to version 2:8.38-1 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 pcre_exec function in pcre_exec.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles a // pattern with a \01 string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8380
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173700.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/29-Heap-Overflow-in-PCRE.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77695
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8380