PT-2017-11789 · Pcre+2 · Pcre+2

Published 2017-07-11 · Updated 2023-04-12 · CVE-2017-11164

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PCRE version 8.41

Description The issue allows stack exhaustion due to uncontrolled recursion when processing a crafted regular expression, specifically through the OP KETRMAX feature in the match function in pcre exec.c.

Recommendations For PCRE version 8.41, consider disabling the OP KETRMAX feature as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict the use of crafted regular expressions to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Uncontrolled Recursion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-674

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2007

CVE-2017-11164

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Pcre

References · 15

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11164 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-11164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11164 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11164 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/11/1 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/47995 · Telegram Post
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/1 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99575 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/11/3 · Note
• https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-11164 · Note