CVE-2015-8391
See a problem?- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8391
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8391.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8391
- Related
- Published
- 2015-12-02T01:59:15Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-11T02:00:06Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The pcrecompile function in pcrecompile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82990
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1132
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa128
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230216-0002/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174931.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1
- http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8391
Affected packages
Debian:11 / pcre3
Package
- Name
- pcre3
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source
Debian:12 / pcre3
Package
- Name
- pcre3
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/pcre3?arch=source