CVE-2008-2371

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2371
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-07 23:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 7.7 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
USN-624-1: PCRE vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
PCRE Regular Expression Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
USN-624-2: Erlang vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for pcre3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Ubuntu update for pcre3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: glib2-2.16.4-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for glib2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Fedora update for pcre - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02465 SSRT090192 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Apache-based Web Server, Remote Den' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Ubuntu update for erlang - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
rPath update for pcre - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
About Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1602-1 pcre3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:147 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for libpcre and glib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
HP-UX Apache Web Server Suite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Gentoo update for php - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
PCRE: Buffer overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
PCRE pcre_compile.c Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
USN-628-1: PHP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
GNOME Glib PCRE pcre_compile.c Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-133A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Bug 228091 - dev-libs/libpcre <7.7-r1 pcre_compile.c Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2008-2371) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit, Issue Tracking
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: glib2-2.14.6-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-07-08Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PCRE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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