CVE-2015-2328

PCRE before 8.36 mishandles the /((?(R)a|(?1)))+/ pattern and related patterns with certain recursion, 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.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup	Exploit
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-014/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74924
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515	Exploit
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17252	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1025.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/ChangeLog?view=markup	Exploit
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1023886
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-VD-15-014/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/29/1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74924
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1515	Exploit
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-17252	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-12-02 01:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2015-2328

Mitre link : CVE-2015-2328

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-2328

JSON object : View

Products Affected

oracle

linux

pcre

pcre

CWE

CWE-19

Data Processing Errors

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