NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting oniguruma-devel package, versions <0:6.8.2-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-ONIGURUMADEVEL-2572066
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Jul 2019

Introduced: 10 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13225  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 oniguruma-devel to version 0:6.8.2-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4827.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream oniguruma-devel package and not the oniguruma-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A NULL Pointer Dereference in match_at() in regexec.c in Oniguruma 6.9.2 allows attackers to potentially cause denial of service by providing a crafted regular expression. Oniguruma issues often affect Ruby, as well as common optional libraries for PHP and Rust.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1