Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre-devel package, versions <0:8.32-15.el7_2.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.64% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PCREDEVEL-2506062
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2016

Introduced: 13 Dec 2016

CVE-2015-5073  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 pcre-devel to version 0:8.32-15.el7_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-1025.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre-devel package and not the pcre-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted regular expression with an excess closing parenthesis.

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