CVE-2008-0172

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0172
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-01-17 23:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Boost Boost 1.33 All All All
Application Boost Boost 1.34 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changeset 42674 – Boost C++ Libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.boost.org
Gentoo update for boost - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for boost - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Bug 205955 - dev-libs/boost < 1.34.1-r2 Two DoS vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-{0171,0172}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Boost: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Boost Library Regular Expression Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: boost-1.33.1-15.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-570-1: boost vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Changeset 42745 – Boost C++ Libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.boost.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Boost Regular Expressions Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Mandriva update for boost - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
rPath update for boost - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for boost - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA48099 - Red Hat update for boost - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-05-12Mark J CoxThis issue did not affect the version of boost as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-0172 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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