CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-2371
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-07-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in pcre_compile.c in the Perl-Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library 7.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a regular expression that begins with an option and contains multiple branches.
Affected configurations
• pcre pcre 7.7
• php php (>= 5.2.0 <= 5.2.7)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
• fedoraproject fedora 8
• fedoraproject fedora 9
• opensuse opensuse 10.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30916 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30944 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30945 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30958 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30961 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30972 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30990 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32454 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39300 Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html Mailing List
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30916 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30944 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30945 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30958 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30961 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30967 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30972 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30990 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31200 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32454 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32746 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 Not Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39300 Not Applicable
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 Third Party Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1 Third Party Advisory