CVE-2017-6004

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6004
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-16 11:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionThe compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680 (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pcre Pcre All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PCRE Logic Error in compile_bracket_matchingpath() Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_jit_compile.c CONFIRM vcs.pcre.org Patch
PCRE 'compile_bracket_matchingpath()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
Bug 2035 – Segmentation fault in PHP7.1.1(bundled PCRE8.38) CONFIRM bugs.exim.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
PCRE library: Denial of Service (GLSA 201706-11) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710379 Gentoo Linux PCRE library Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (GLSA 201706-11)
  • 751361 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for pcre (SUSE-SU-2021:3652-1)
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