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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.31% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PCREDEVEL-2506186
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2016

Introduced: 13 Dec 2016

CVE-2015-3217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (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.

PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\.|([^\\W_])?)+)+$/.

CVSS Scores

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