CVE-2015-2325
Published: 1 April 2015
The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | Unable to trigger the overflow in Vivid, Utopic, or Trusty. |
| seth-arnold | seyeongkim reports that he was able to reproduce the issue on vivid and wily |
| mdeslaur | valgrind does show an invalid read, even if it doesn't end in a crash can't reproduce on precise was supposed to be fixed in wily (2:8.35-7ubuntu2) but got reverted in (2:8.35-7ubuntu5) by mistake CVE-2015-2325_CVE-2015-2326_CVE-2015-3210_CVE-2015-5073.patch in jessie |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
pcre3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
(8.12-4)
|
|
| trusty |
Released
(1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| upstream |
Needed
|
|
| utopic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| vivid |
Released
(2:8.35-3.3ubuntu1.1)
|
|
| wily |
Released
(2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1.3)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1528 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |