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F5 Networks: K17235 (CVE-2015-3210): PCRE library vulnerability CVE-2015-3210

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F5 Networks: K17235 (CVE-2015-3210): PCRE library vulnerability CVE-2015-3210

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/08/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2017
Modified
09/16/2019

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.34 through 8.37 and PCRE2 10.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?P=B)((?P=B)(?J:(?P<B>c)(?P<B>a(?P=B)))>WGXCREDITS)/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8384.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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