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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-11164: pcre OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-11164: pcre OP_KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre_exec.c

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/10/2017
Created
05/08/2019
Added
05/08/2019
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-pcre

References

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