Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre3 package, versions <7.6-2.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.36% (72nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-PCRE3-345494
- published 7 Jul 2008
- disclosed 7 Jul 2008
Introduced: 7 Jul 2008
CVE-2008-2371 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
pcre3
to version 7.6-2.1 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.
Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2371
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30944
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/30961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30990
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32454
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39300
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023