CVE-2008-2371
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.5%
Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.
Affected configurations
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
secunia.com/advisories/30916
secunia.com/advisories/30944
secunia.com/advisories/30945
secunia.com/advisories/30958
secunia.com/advisories/30961
secunia.com/advisories/30967
secunia.com/advisories/30972
secunia.com/advisories/30990
secunia.com/advisories/31200
secunia.com/advisories/32222
secunia.com/advisories/32454
secunia.com/advisories/32746
secunia.com/advisories/35074
secunia.com/advisories/35650
secunia.com/advisories/39300
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.5%