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title: CVE-2008-0171
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0171
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# CVE-2008-0171

Publication date 17 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

regex/v4/perl\_matcher\_non\_recursive.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 (failed assertion and crash) via an invalid
regular expression.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0171#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| boost | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.34.1-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.33.1-9ubuntu3.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.33.1-7ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.33.1-2ubuntu0.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0171#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

reproducers on vsec

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| boost | * Upstream:   <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674> * Upstream:   <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0171)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0171)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0171)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0171)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-570-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-570-1)
+ boost vulnerabilities
+ 16 January 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0171>