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High
CVE-2008-2371
Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30972
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32454
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30944
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39300
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30961
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30990
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30945
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
pcre, php, debian linux, ubuntu linux, fedora, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
7.7, 5.2.0, 4.0, 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 9.10, 8, 9, 10.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 7th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.