CVE-2008-2371

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2

http://secunia.com/advisories/30916

http://secunia.com/advisories/30944

http://secunia.com/advisories/30945

http://secunia.com/advisories/30958

http://secunia.com/advisories/30961

http://secunia.com/advisories/30967

http://secunia.com/advisories/30972

http://secunia.com/advisories/30990

http://secunia.com/advisories/31200

http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

http://secunia.com/advisories/32454

http://secunia.com/advisories/32746

http://secunia.com/advisories/35074

http://secunia.com/advisories/35650

http://secunia.com/advisories/39300

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2