CVE-2015-8391
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 2, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2015
Description
The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20151128 Re: Heap Overflow in PCREmailing-list
- RHSA-2016:1132vendor-advisory
- 82990vdb-entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- RHSA-2016:1025vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2750vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-eb896290d3vendor-advisory
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
- GLSA-201607-02vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
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