CVE-2008-2371

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.
References
Link Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30916 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30944 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30945 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30958 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30961 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30972 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30990 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32454 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/39300 Not Applicable
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2 Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023 Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

01 Aug 2022, 15:54

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (HP) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 - (HP) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References (HP) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 - (HP) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 - (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1 - (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1 - Third Party Advisory
References (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005 - (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References (MANDRIVA) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023 - (MANDRIVA) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023 - Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
References (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 - (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (CONFIRM) http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091 - Exploit (CONFIRM) http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091 - Exploit, Issue Tracking
References (FEDORA) https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html - (FEDORA) https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html - Third Party Advisory
References (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602 - (DEBIAN) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602 - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 - (CONFIRM) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 - Third Party Advisory
References (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html - (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html - Mailing List
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30945 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30945 - Not Applicable
References (CONFIRM) http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305 - (CONFIRM) http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305 - Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 - Not Applicable
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 - Not Applicable
References (MANDRIVA) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147 - (MANDRIVA) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147 - Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html - (FEDORA) https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html - Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30944 - Vendor Advisory (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30944 - Not Applicable
References (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html - (APPLE) http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html - Mailing List
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30990 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30990 - Not Applicable
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 - Not Applicable
References (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336 - (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30958 - Vendor Advisory (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30958 - Not Applicable
References (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html - (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30972 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30972 - Not Applicable
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/39300 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/39300 - Not Applicable
References (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 - (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References (UBUNTU) http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2 - (UBUNTU) http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2 - Third Party Advisory
References (GENTOO) http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml - (GENTOO) http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml - Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes - (CONFIRM) http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes - Third Party Advisory
References (BUGTRAQ) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded - (BUGTRAQ) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30961 - Vendor Advisory (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30961 - Not Applicable
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 - Not Applicable
References (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006 - (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 - (CONFIRM) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 - Third Party Advisory
References (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087 - (BID) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (CERT) http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html - US Government Resource (CERT) http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html - Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
References (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 - (UBUNTU) http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 - Third Party Advisory
References (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833 - (VUPEN) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833 - Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/32454 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/32454 - Not Applicable
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30916 - Vendor Advisory (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30916 - Not Applicable
References (GENTOO) http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml - (GENTOO) http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml - Third Party Advisory
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 - Not Applicable
References (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 - (SECUNIA) http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 - Not Applicable
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-119 CWE-787
First Time Fedoraproject
Opensuse opensuse
Fedoraproject fedora
Php
Debian
Canonical ubuntu Linux
Canonical
Opensuse
Debian debian Linux
Php php

Information

Published : 2008-07-07 23:41

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2008-2371

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2371

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-2371


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Products Affected

php

  • php

pcre

  • pcre

opensuse

  • opensuse

debian

  • debian_linux

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora
CWE
CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write