CPANSA-Perl6-Pugs-2015-2326-libpcre: Perl6-Pugs vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial release date | 2020-01-14T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2020-01-14T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 5.5 | Severity | Medium |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
The pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-2326
Vulnerability DescriptionThe pcre_compile2 function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via regular expression with a group containing both a forward referencing subroutine call and a recursive back reference, as demonstrated by "((?+1)(\1))/".
| Weakness | CWE-125 : Out-of-bounds Read |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||||||
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| Perl6-Pugs greater than or equal 6.0.12 and less than or equal 6.2.9 |
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giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Perl6-Pugs-2015-2326-libpcre JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2020/cpansa-perl6-pugs-2015-2326-libpcre.json - https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1592 external
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1592 - https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-016 external
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-15-016 - http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html external
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00014.html - https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt external
https://www.pcre.org/original/changelog.txt - CVE-2015-2326 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2326
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Jan 14 00:00:00 2020 | First release |
Sharing rules
TLP:WHITE
For the TLP version see: https://www.first.org/tlp/