Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre2 package, versions *
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- published5 May 2017
- disclosed5 May 2017
Introduced: 5 May 2017
CVE-2017-8786 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 pcre2.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pcre2 package and not the pcre2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
pcre2test.c in PCRE2 10.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8786
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8786
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696
- https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697