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PCRE Quantifier Values Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA16502
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Release Date:
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2005-08-22
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Last Update:
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2005-08-25
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Popularity:
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16,321 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | PCRE 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2491
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in PCRE, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow in pcre_compile.c when handling the minimum quantifier of a parenthesized subpattern. This can lead to memory corruption and can potentially be exploited for code execution via a specially crafted regular expression.
Solution:
Update to version 6.2 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2005-08-25: Added CVE reference.
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