The pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'\){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'\){99|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade pcreUpgrade php5Upgrade php7 | Aug 30, 2017 | Jan 3, 2016 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade php70Upgrade php56Upgrade php71 | Nov 21, 2017 | Jan 2, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade pcre3 | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 3, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade pcreUpgrade php56Upgrade php70Upgrade php71 | Oct 30, 2017 | Apr 3, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/libpcre. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 2, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/php-71 to version 7.1.15-0.175.3.31.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade library/pcre to version 8.38-0.175.3.7.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/php-56 to version 5.6.34-0.175.3.31.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Jan 2, 2016 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 7.1.11Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.32Upgrade to PHP version 7.0.25 | Sep 15, 2022 | Jan 3, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libpcre1-32bitUpgrade libpcrecpp0Upgrade libpcreposix0Upgrade pcre-toolsUpgrade libpcre16-0Upgrade pcre-develUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade libpcrecpp0-32bitUpgrade pcre-devel-staticUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade libpcre1 | Nov 15, 2016 | Jan 2, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libpcre3 | Apr 4, 2016 | Jan 2, 2016 |
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