ALT-PU-2016-1809-1
Closed vulnerabilities
Published: 2016-03-17
Modified: 2025-04-12
Modified: 2025-04-12
CVE-2016-3191
The compile_branch function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.x before 8.39 and pcre2_compile.c in PCRE2 before 10.22 mishandles patterns containing an (*ACCEPT) substring in conjunction with nested parentheses, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror, aka ZDI-CAN-3542.
Severity: HIGH (7.5)
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: CRITICAL (9.8)
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References:
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=489
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1631
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84810
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- https://bugs.debian.org/815920
- https://bugs.debian.org/815921
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311503
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=489
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1631
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84810
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- https://bugs.debian.org/815920
- https://bugs.debian.org/815921
- https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311503
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18