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RHSA-2016:1025

pcre security update

Released 2016-05-11 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →

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Fixes 8 records

Priority MEDIUM 53

The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows r…

CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.0843 Published 2016-03-17 Partial fix CWE-119
Priority MEDIUM 52

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the interaction of lookbehind assertions and mutually recursive subpatterns, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other imp…

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.0687 Published 2015-12-02 Partial fix CWE-119
Priority MEDIUM 50

Heap-based buffer overflow in the find_fixedlength function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information from heap memory and possibly…

CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.07673 Published 2016-12-13 Partial fix CWE-119
Priority MEDIUM 41

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the /(?|(\k'Pm')|(?'Pm'))/ pattern and related patterns with certain forward references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecifi…

CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5 Network No auth Interaction — EPSS 0.05623 Published 2015-12-02 Partial fix CWE-119
Priority MEDIUM 41

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other im…

CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5 Network No auth Interaction — EPSS 0.05244 Published 2015-12-02 Partial fix CWE-19