CVE-2008-2371: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Jul 07 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Pcre Pcre | =7.7 | |
| PHP PHP | >=5.2.0<=5.2.7 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =4.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =7.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =9.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =9 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =8 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =10.3 |
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Reference Links
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30961
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30972
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30990
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30945
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32454
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39300
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded
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- vendor/pcre
- canonical/pcre pcre
- version/pcre pcre/7.7
- vendor/php
- canonical/php php
- version/php php/5.2.0
- version/php php/5.2.7
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/4.0
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/7.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/7.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/9.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/8.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/6.06
- vendor/fedoraproject
- canonical/fedoraproject fedora
- version/fedoraproject fedora/9
- version/fedoraproject fedora/8
- vendor/opensuse
- canonical/opensuse opensuse
- version/opensuse opensuse/10.3