First published: Mon Mar 28 2016(Updated: )
pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE 8.35 does not properly use table jumps to optimize nested alternatives, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by packets encountered by Suricata during use of a regular expression in an Emerging Threats Open ruleset.
Credit: security@debian.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Pcre Pcre | =8.35 |
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