Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-16231

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match in pcreexec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE:...

Security Bulletin: IBM DataPower Gateway is potentially vulnerable to a DoS issue when processing regular expressions (CVE-2017-16231)

Summary IBM has addressed the following CVE: CVE-2017-16231 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2017-16231 DESCRIPTION: PCRE is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the match function in pcreexec.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attack...

ALPINE-CVE-2017-16231

In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match in pcreexec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is use...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16231

In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match in pcreexec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is use...

CVE-2017-16231

In PCRE 8.41, after compiling, a pcretest load test PoC produces a crash overflow in the function match in pcreexec.c because of a self-recursive call. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that there are options that can be used to limit the amount of stack that is use...

CVE-2017-16231

CVE-2017-16231 —In PCRE 8.41, the pcretest PoC exploiting a self-recursive call in pcre_exec.c is reported to cause a crash/overflow in match(); a third‑party note questions the report’s relevance and mentions options to limit stack usage. No additional details about affected platforms, exploitat...