CPANSA-Perl6-Pugs-2007-4768-libpcre: Perl6-Pugs vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2007-11-07T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2007-11-07T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score Severity
Original language Language en
Also referred to

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-4768

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 7.3 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a singleton Unicode sequence in a character class in a regex pattern, which is incorrectly optimized.

Weakness CWE-119 : Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Perl6-Pugs greater than or equal 6.0.12 and less than or equal 6.2.9
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
2.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 6.8 Medium

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Wed Nov 7 00:00:00 2007 First release

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