CVE-2016-1283

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1283
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-03 00:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-20 16:58:00 UTC
DescriptionThe pcre_compile2 function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE 8.38 mishandles the /((?:F?+(?:^(?(R)a+\"){99}-))(?J)(?'R'(?'R'<((?'RR'(?'R'\){97)?J)?J)(?'R'(?'R'\){99|(:(?|(?'R')(\k'R')|((?'R')))H'R'R)(H'R))))))/ pattern and related patterns with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.38 All All All
Application Pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library 8.38 All All All
Application Pcre Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library 8.38 All All All
Application Php Php All All All All

References

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Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
PCRE Heap Overflow in pcre_compile2() in Processing Certain Regex Patterns May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
PCRE CVE-2016-1283 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: pcre-8.38-6.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Broadcom Support Portal CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE www.slackware.com
Bug 1767 – PCRE Library Heap Overflow Vulnerability CONFIRM bugs.exim.org Exploit
[R7] LCE 4.8.1 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable™ CONFIRM www.tenable.com
libpcre: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201607-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: pcre-8.38-3.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[R1]SecurityCenter 5.6.0.1 Fixes Multiple Third-party Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable™ CONFIRM www.tenable.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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