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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-8394: libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-8394: libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/01/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
08/18/2022

Description

PCRE before 8.38 mishandles the (?(<digits>) and (?(R<digits>) conditions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libpcre

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