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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0674

Original release date:02/18/2008
Last revised:08/13/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in PCRE before 7.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a regular expression containing a character class with a large number of characters with Unicode code points greater than 255.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/20/2008)
Not 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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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-218A
Name: TA09-218A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431660
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431660
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2172
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022674
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674
External Source: BID
Name: 31681
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2780
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2268
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2268
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0570
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0570
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36096
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32222
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31326
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://pcre.org/changelog.txt
Hyperlink:http://pcre.org/changelog.txt
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-10-09
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-07-31
Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1842
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00181.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1783
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00632.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1533
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00371.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2503
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2223
External Source: XF
Name: pcre-characterclass-bo(40505)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/40505
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-581-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-581-1
External Source: BID
Name: 29009
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29009
External Source: BID
Name: 27786
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27786
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080523 rPSA-2008-0176-1 php php-cgi php-imap php-mcrypt php-mysql php-mysqli php-pgsql php-soap php-xsl php5 php5-cgi php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-mysqli php5-pear php5-pgsql php5-soap php5-xsl
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080228 rPSA-2008-0086-1 pcre
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488927/100/0/threaded
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Hyperlink:http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080502 CVE Request (PHP)
Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/02/2
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:053
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:053
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1412
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1412
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0592
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0592
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1499
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1499
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0176
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0086
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200803-24
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-24.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30345
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30345
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30048
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30048
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29282
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29282
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29267
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29267
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29175
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29175
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29048
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29048
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29027
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29027
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28996
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28996
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28985
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28985
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28960
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28960
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28957
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28957
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28923
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28923
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:004
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news
Hyperlink:http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.14/glib-2.14.6.news

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0674