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CVE-2008-0171

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Description

regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid regular expression.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00760.html

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063

http://secunia.com/advisories/48099

http://secunia.com/advisories/29323

http://secunia.com/advisories/28943

http://secunia.com/advisories/28860

http://secunia.com/advisories/28705

http://secunia.com/advisories/28545

http://secunia.com/advisories/28527

http://secunia.com/advisories/28511

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-01-17

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03004

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