National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0171
Original release date:01/17/2008
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (05/12/2008)
-
This 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.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2143
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-570-1
External Source: BID
Name: 27325
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42745
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/42674
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205955
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-0880
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080213 rPSA-2008-0063-1 boost
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:032
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200802-08
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0249
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0063
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29323
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28943
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28860
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28705
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28545
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28527
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28511
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:006