CVE-2015-2327
Published: 1 December 2015
PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /(((a\2)|(a*)\g<-1>))*/ pattern and related patterns with certain internal recursive back references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | mongodb package uses system pcre since 2.0.0 |
| tyhicks | Issue affects PCRE3 only Marking 'low' since it requires PCRE to operate on untrusted regular expressions which is not very likely |
| mdeslaur | CVE-2015-2325_CVE-2015-2326_CVE-2015-3210_CVE-2015-5073.patch in jessie |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
mongodb Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
| trusty |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
|
| vivid |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(uses system pcre)
|
|
|
pcre2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
|
pcre3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(8.12-4ubuntu0.2)
|
| trusty |
Released
(1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(2:8.35-8)
|
|
| vivid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| wily |
Released
(2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1.3)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(2:8.38-3)
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(2:8.38-3)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(2:8.38-3)
|
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre?view=revision&revision=1495 |
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