PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?=di(?<=(?1))|(?=(.))))/ pattern and related patterns with an unmatched closing parenthesis, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
References
Configurations
History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html - | |
References | () http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html - | |
References | () http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85576 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132 - | |
References | () https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128 - Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02 - |
Information
Published : 2015-12-02 01:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:38
NVD link : CVE-2015-8388
Mitre link : CVE-2015-8388
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-8388
JSON object : View
Products Affected
pcre
- perl_compatible_regular_expression_library
oracle
- linux