Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library before 6.7 does not properly calculate the compiled memory allocation for regular expressions that involve a quantified "subpattern containing a named recursion or subroutine reference," which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (error or crash).
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade glib2.0Upgrade pcre3 | Jul 30, 2024 | Dec 3, 2007 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade pcre-develUpgrade pcre | Oct 16, 2024 | Dec 3, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php4-fileproUpgrade php4-recodeUpgrade php4-zlibUpgrade php4-socketsUpgrade php4-sysvshmUpgrade php4-calendarUpgrade apache2-mod_php4Upgrade php4-swfUpgrade pcre-develUpgrade pcre-64bitUpgrade mod_php4-servletUpgrade php4-gdUpgrade php4-readlineUpgrade php4-mysqlUpgrade php4-exifUpgrade php4-qtdomUpgrade php4-ldapUpgrade php4-dbaseUpgrade php4-develUpgrade php4-pearUpgrade php4-xsltUpgrade php4-ypUpgrade php4-imapUpgrade php4-sessionUpgrade php4-mhashUpgrade php4-sysvsemUpgrade php4-bz2Upgrade php4-mime_magicUpgrade php4-shmopUpgrade pcreUpgrade php4-unixODBCUpgrade pcre-32bitUpgrade mod_php4-coreUpgrade php4-fastcgiUpgrade php4-ftpUpgrade php4-iconvUpgrade php4-gettextUpgrade mod_php4-apache2Upgrade php4-ctypeUpgrade php4-snmpUpgrade php4-dbaUpgrade pcre-x86Upgrade php4-wddxUpgrade php4-mcalUpgrade php4-domxmlUpgrade php4-bcmathUpgrade php4-mcryptUpgrade php4-curlUpgrade php4-pgsqlUpgrade php4-mbstringUpgrade apache-mod_php4Upgrade php4-gmp | Feb 17, 2015 | Dec 3, 2007 |
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