Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-0171
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.
Vulnerability category: Input validationDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0171
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 1.39%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 85 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-0171
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-0171
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The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-0171
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Red Hat 2008-05-12This issue did not affect the version of boost as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-0171 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:006 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48099
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00760.html
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http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745
Exploit
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955
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http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674
Exploit
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249
- cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:boost:boost_regex_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*