Out-of-bounds Read Affecting pcre3 package, versions <1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.59% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PCRE3-345299
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed14 Jan 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2015-2326  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 pcre3 to version 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1