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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0172
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-0172

Description:
The 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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28545
  Secunia Advisory: SA28705
  Secunia Advisory: SA28511
  Secunia Advisory: SA28527
  Secunia Advisory: SA28943
  Secunia Advisory: SA28860
  Secunia Advisory: SA29323

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032

GENTOO
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml

FEDORA

CONFIRM
  http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063
  http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955
  http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674
  http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded

BID
  27325


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