Out-of-Bounds Affecting pcre3 package, versions <2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.72% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PCRE3-345435
  • published20 Mar 2017
  • disclosed20 Mar 2017

Introduced: 20 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 pcre3 to version 2:8.38-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm2 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libpcre1 in PCRE 8.40 and libpcre2 in PCRE2 10.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation for read access, and application crash) by triggering an invalid Unicode property lookup.