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SUSE-SR:2008:006:vuln7: boost regular expression problems

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SUSE-SR:2008:006:vuln7: boost regular expression problems

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/14/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2008
Modified
11/18/2015

Description

The get_repeat_type function in basic_regex_creator.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 (NULL dereference and crash) via an invalid regular expression.

Solution(s)

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