vulnerability
F5 Networks: K20225390 (CVE-2015-3217): Multiple PCRE vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 4, 2016 | Feb 16, 2017 | Feb 1, 2018 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 4, 2016
Added
Feb 16, 2017
Modified
Feb 1, 2018
Description
PCRE 7.8 and 8.32 through 8.37, and PCRE2 10.10 mishandle group empty matches, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by /^(?:(?(1)\\.|([^\\\\W_])?)+)+$/.
Solution
f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest
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