All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2018-2007-1
ALT-PU-2018-2007-1

Package update pcre in branch sisyphus

Version8.42-alt1
Task#209923
Published2018-07-12
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (2)

CVE-2017-11164
HIGH7.5

In PCRE 8.41, the OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c allows stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) when processing a crafted regular expression.

Published: 2017-07-11Modified: 2025-04-20
CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
CVE-2017-16231
MEDIUM5.5

In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match() in pcre_exec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is used

Published: 2019-03-21Modified: 2024-11-21
CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
CVSS:2.0/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 5.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References