CVE-2007-1659

Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via regex patterns containing unmatched "QE" sequences with orphan "E" codes.
References
Link Resource
http://www.pcre.org/changelog.txt
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2007-November/msg00022.html
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1738
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-30.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:211
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:212
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0967.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1068.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_62_pcre.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26346 Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018895
http://secunia.com/advisories/27598 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27538 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27543 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27547 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27554 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27741 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27773 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27697 Vendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-505.htm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html US Government Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/28041 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198976
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-02.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/28406 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28414 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-18.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-19.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:030
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28658 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28714 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28720 Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29267 Vendor Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/30155 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30219
http://secunia.com/advisories/30106
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3725
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3790
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1399
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1570
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38272
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9725
https://usn.ubuntu.com/547-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483579/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483357/100/0/threaded
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-11-07 11:46

Updated : 2018-10-16 04:39


NVD link : CVE-2007-1659

Mitre link : CVE-2007-1659

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer