CVE Vulnerability

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 of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.

7.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30916 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30944 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30958 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30961 Not Applicable
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 Not Applicable
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 Not Applicable
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30972 Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30990 Not Applicable
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30945 Not Applicable
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Not Applicable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32454 Not Applicable
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 Not Applicable
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39300 Not Applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2008-07-07 11:41

Updated : 2022-08-01 03:54

NVD link : CVE-2008-2371

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2371

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787