Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-2371
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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionExecute codeDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2371
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.28%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 64 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-2371
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-2371
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The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-2371
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Red Hat 2008-07-08Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of PCRE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:147
Broken Link;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
Permissions Required;Third Party Advisory
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http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-2
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-03.xml
Third Party Advisory
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497828/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0305
Broken Link;Third Party Advisory
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00105.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0833
Permissions Required;Third Party Advisory
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Mailing List
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00123.html
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2336
Permissions Required;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2005
Permissions Required;Third Party Advisory
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http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/2.16/glib-2.16.4.changes
Third Party Advisory
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
Mailing List
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200811-05.xml
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2006
Permissions Required;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1602
Third Party Advisory
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html
Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30087
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
Permissions Required;Third Party Advisory
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228091
Exploit;Issue Tracking
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-628-1
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-624-1
Third Party Advisory
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:023
Broken Link;Third Party Advisory
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
Third Party Advisory
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Third Party Advisory;US Government Resource
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*