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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-0171: Boost: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-0171: Boost: Denial of service

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/17/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/28/2021

Description

regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp in the Boost regex library (aka Boost.Regex) in Boost 1.33 and 1.34 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid regular expression.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-boost

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