high7.5
CVE-2008-2371
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 …
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pcre | Pcre | Version 7.7 |
| Php | Php | from 5.2.0 through 5.2.7 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 4.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 9.10 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 8, 9 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Version 10.3 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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